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repel

9 Kiribati words

• karebutia
  • Sabatier to push back, to repel, to chase away, to expel.
• kebuti
  • Sabatier to push away, to repel, to push aside to make room.
• kakiroa
  • Sabatier 2. to move to a distance, to put far away, to repel.
• bakatoki
  • Sabatier bakatokia: to stop, to repel, to reject, to send away.
• kakerioa
  • Sabatier idem. to push or repel towards the west, towards the sea.
• notua
  • Sabatier to reject, to repel, to send packing (in reality and in fig.).
• kebutua
  • Sabatier to push away, to repel, to make room by jostling (said especially if there is only one to repel).
• kerikaki
  • Sabatier kakerikaka: to cause to..., to put down, to depose, to dismiss, to pay off, to repel, to force back.
• raroa
  • Sabatier kararoa, kakararoa: to move away, to hold apart, to thrust away, to repel, to push aside, to keep at a distance.