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loose

16 Kiribati words

• matana
  • Sabatier loose, not pulled tight, not taut.
• teirobaroba
  • Sabatier loose, flapping (as sail not full).
• bara
  • Bingham loose, untied, dismissed, dispersed.
• matantan
  • Sabatier loose, slack, not taut (rope, string).
• marinrin
  • Bingham loose, not firmly fixed, as a post or a tooth.
• matiketike
  • Sabatier loose, slack. mostly used in fig. idle, soft, loose.
• mariroriro
  • Bingham loose as a handle or blade.
• baro
  • Sabatier hanging loose (hair), flowing.
• tae bauta
  • Sabatier a splint bandage come undone, loose.
• marin
  • Sabatier shaky, not well fixed, unstable, loose.
• akonga
  • Sabatier no longer tight, loose, worn, not strong.
• mamarinrin
  • Bingham frequentative of m'arinrin loose, not firly fixed.
• mariro
  • Sabatier kamariroa, kamariroriroa: to make move, to shake loose.
• tanara
  • Bingham to loose another's hold, to take off ornaments after the dance.
• tikibuaka
  • Sabatier not taut, loose, not well fitted, badly dressed, ill fitting (clothes).
• tiba
  • Sabatier titiba, tiba nako: to step out of place, to escape, to slip, to give way, to get loose (mechanism), to miss by passing.