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poor

12 Kiribati words

• aobaki
  • Bingham derisive term for a poor person, a person who owns but little land.
  • Bingham poor, used derisively.
• bakitaia
  • Bingham poor, thin in flesh, lean.
• bataka
  • Bingham poor, worthless, not having much that is nourishing as certain lobsters.
• kibangabanga
  • Sabatier poor as Job. needy.
• burangirangi
  • Sabatier lousy, poor, wretched.
• kiengenenge
  • Sabatier thin, miserable, poor (insult).
• baibuaka
  • Bingham injustice, poor or unskillful work.
• buakaka
  • Bingham bad, poor in quality, evil, sinful.
• aomate
  • Sabatier poor (soil), stunted (vegetation), unfruitful.
• toronrang
  • Sabatier poor beggarly, destitute, wretched, poor as a church mouse.
• rang
  • Sabatier a worthless man, without land, poor, destitute, despised, a servant, low class. as antiphrase: an important person.
• mata n rang
  • Sabatier mamata n rang (sup.) to appear like a poor person, or destitute beggar, to appear silly, idiotic, to appear rude, ill mannered, to be confused, scolded, abashed, humiliated.