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lean

19 Kiribati words

• rara
  • Bingham to lean, to slant, to barely float.
  • Bingham to lean against.
  • Sabatier to lean, to incline. rara-rio, rara-rake, rara-nako: lean to east,... west,... right over.
  • Sabatier to lean against, to lean on.
  • Bingham to lean against.
• ei
  • Sabatier to lean, to incline.
• karaea
  • Sabatier to lean, to incline sideways.
• kangenge
  • Sabatier thin, lean, lanky.
• einako
  • Sabatier to lean very much...
• bakitaia
  • Bingham poor, thin in flesh, lean.
• bakatoko
  • Sabatier to lean against, to support.
• eiei
  • Sabatier to sway, lean from one side to the other.
• rangaie
  • Sabatier to lean over, to incline (canoe in sailing).
• katokoa
  • Sabatier katokokoa, katokotokoa: to lean the end on.
• ri ni ki
  • Sabatier extremely thin, living skeleton, lean, emaciated.
• tounibai
  • Sabatier tounibaia: to push to press, to lean on with...
• kaeia
  • Bingham vt ei to bend, to cause to lean, to cause to sway.
• karara
  • Sabatier to incline, to cause to..., to cause to lean against.
• ranga
  • Sabatier to lean to one side, to fall over, to capsize, to upset.
• bakaturu
  • Sabatier to lean against, to press on, to stick to, to hit directly.
• turu
  • Sabatier katurua, katuruturua: to apply heavily (ex. pencil), to lean heavily on, to make colour stand out.
• raben
  • Sabatier to move (going, flying, swimming, sailing), sideways (for ex. as aeroplane veering), to lean to one side.
• taon
  • Sabatier e taon, ae taon, tataon: to be busy doing, occupied at, absorbed by, to give a hand, to lean on, to force down.