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mend

8 Kiribati words

• ribata
  • Bingham to set a bone with splints, to mend a broken stick by lashing on a splint.
  • Sabatier to mend, to patch up, to readjust too pieces, to tie splint on broken bone, to set bone, to bind, to swathe.
• bonotabenabena
  • Bingham to mend.
• wanin
  • Sabatier to mend,... darn (clothes, nets).
• wanina
  • Sabatier to mend... darn (mats, baskets, thatch, etc.).
• bakaro
  • Sabatier bakaroa: to mend.
• karikaki
  • Sabatier karikakia: idem.: to repair, to mend, to patch up.
• kaiba
  • Sabatier kaibaea: to set, to fix, to patch up, to mend, to put into a sheath (perhaps graft).
• bonota
  • Sabatier bobonota, bonobonota: to stop, to close, to shut, to obstruct, to stop chinks <?>, to close entrance to, to patch or mend.