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nothing

7 Kiribati words

• akea
  • Bingham nothing, not anything, space, void.
  • Sabatier nothingness, absence, inexistence, emptiness, nothing, naught.
  • Sabatier adv. nothing so...,.
• bai
  • Sabatier e aki bai, e aki toroni bai: that doesn't matter, it is nothing at all.
• kito
  • Sabatier akea kito irouna, akea kitona: he has nothing, or lazy good-for-nothing.
• manouna
  • Sabatier no result, no fruit, no profit. akea manounana: he has left nothing after him.
• utai
  • Sabatier akea utaina, akea kitona: he has absolutely nothing, not even a crumb, he is a miserable pauper.
• ware
  • Sabatier akea warena! akea warekana, e aki warekaki: counts as nothing, doesn't count, of no account, worth nothing.
• aoria
  • Sabatier v. I aorai, ko aoriko, e aoria, ti aorira, kam aoringkami, a aoria: I am doing nothing, you..., etc. (idiom).