possess
10 Kiribati words
- baibaina
- Sabatier to possess, to use regularly.
- abana
- Bingham hold or possess as land.
- Sabatier kam na abana te abanuea: you shall possess the kingdom.
- aroaroka
- Bingham have or possess coconut trees growing on another person's land.
- Bingham custom of possessing coconut trees on another's land.
- baina
- Bingham to use, to make use of, to hold, to possess, to value.
- Sabatier babaina, baibaina. to appropriate, to possess, to own, to use, to make use of, to employ or to make one's own.
- matabai
- Bingham desire to possess.
- baibai
- Sabatier to use, to possess.
- kanibaina
- Bingham to wish to possess.
- kakabia
- Bingham to desire to possess.
- arokana
- Bingham hold in possession or own a tree on another's land (a frequent custom).
- botonga
- Sabatier to have solid base, to have a right to property, to possess by right of origin.