light
52 Kiribati words
- ota
- Bingham light (opp of darkness).
- Bingham not dark, light.
- Sabatier light, brightness, daylight.
- bebete
- Bingham light, not heavy.
- Sabatier light, easy, venial.
- bakete
- Sabatier light.
- bae
- Sabatier light, lamp.
- bakekete
- Bingham light, not heavy.
- rabete
- Sabatier light, not heavy.
- airo
- Bingham evening twilight.
- Bingham being evening twilight.
- itonang
- Bingham very light, of very little weight.
- Bingham lightness, want of weight.
- baitoito
- Bingham light in weight, not heavy.
- Sabatier light as the ito, very light, weightless.
- kairoa
- Bingham to light as a pipe, to divine by tying coconut leaves, to cast lots.
- Sabatier kairoa te moko: light the pipe (for any way of lighting).
- mama
- Bingham moonlight.
- abebete
- Sabatier very light.
- ia ni mama
- Bingham moonlighttide.
- kaibeti
- Sabatier buoyant, light.
- betebete
- Bingham light in weight.
- bomaki
- Bingham light as a blow.
- iro
- Sabatier iroiro to light.
- katairo
- Sabatier to light the fire.
- ninibete
- Sabatier very light, agile.
- ribamai
- Bingham of light complexion.
- ito
- Sabatier itoito: very light.
- itoito
- Bingham very light, not heavy.
- aiota
- Bingham early morning twilight.
- ngaina
- Bingham being light or daytime.
- kauramaka
- Sabatier to light up, to inflame.
- katabwena
- Bingham long streaks of light bottom.
- mwemweraoi
- Sabatier easy to lift, light to carry.
- katauiro
- Sabatier to get light from another fire.
- matanoano
- Bingham blinded or dazzled by sunlight.
- kaota
- Bingham to make light, to give light to.
- tairo
- Sabatier beginning to light up, to blaze.
- wae ni kinouti
- Sabatier to walk, or go with light tread.
- kaura
- Sabatier kaura te ai: to light the fire.
- kabakekete
- Bingham to make light, to make less heavy.
- takiakia
- Sabatier takiakia n ota: brilliant light.
- baitoto
- Bingham very light, not dense, hence light.
- em
- Sabatier a coral stone, porous, soft and light.
- kaiboa
- Bingham to light a pipe, to increase combustion.
- iti
- Sabatier lightning, thunderbolt, electricity, light.
- titiku
- Bingham frequentative of tiku to light as a bird.
- taura
- Sabatier a lamp, lantern, electric light, flashlight.
- ai
- Sabatier glimmer, light, spark, radiance, illumination.
- mata
- Sabatier a lamp, lantern, light, anything used to give light.
- ura n anti
- Sabatier (1) (ura-n-anti) a light appearing and disappearing.
- memeri
- Bingham of a fair and light complexion as a Gilbertese <phy>.
- aokabu
- Bingham light of a fire reflected by smoke seen at a distance.
- abete
- Sabatier very light, used only in the negative and in fig. sense.
- mainanikie
- Bingham something light colored like a mat passing in the distance.
- ura
- Sabatier kaura, kakaura, kaura te ai: to light, to light the fire.
- marabu
- Sabatier smoke, fog, mist, cloud, light (seen from afar), covered with...
- bete
- Sabatier betebete, ninibete, and esp. bebete; light, lightsome, not heavy.
- kabubua
- Sabatier to make smoke, to raise up the dust. kabubua te ai, te moko: to light the fire,... pipe.