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kernel

12 Kiribati words

• ninika
  • Sabatier kernel, tender and sweet of certain coconuts.
• manguing
  • Sabatier very soft kernel of coconut.
• ngenge
  • Bingham scraped, without much kernel.
• marai
  • Bingham kernel of a coconut in its soft state.
• ririkewe
  • Sabatier last piece of kernel in coconut shell.
• takataka
  • Bingham copra, the dried kernel of the coconut.
• katarin
  • Bingham to engage in removing the kernel of a coconut.
• bikoko
  • Sabatier a young coconut, kernel just beginning to form.
• ukinana
  • Bingham eat out the kernel from a coconut with the front teeth.
• rinika
  • Bingham blighted or defective, as the kernel of a young coconut.
• tarin
  • Bingham taken out or removed unscraped, as the kernel from the shell.
• kaikai
  • Sabatier kakaikai, containing hard particles, wood, gravel, kernel, etc., speaking of food as for example kabubu.