rope
29 Kiribati words
- robu
- Bingham a foreign rope of manila or hemp.
- Sabatier rope, cordage.
- maea
- Bingham rope of coconut husk fiber.
- Sabatier cord, rope, cable.
- matana
- Bingham slack as a rope.
- bwerei
- Sabatier skipping rope (game).
- otorake
- Sabatier a four ply rope, cord.
- matiketike
- Bingham slack drawn, as a rope.
- biro
- Bingham to engage in making rope.
- matantan
- Bingham slack, looping as a rope.
- tiebwerei
- Sabatier to play with skipping rope.
- bira
- Bingham to braid as the hair or rope.
- irake
- Sabatier a rope for hoisting sail, flag.
- nano ni ie
- Sabatier rope or corded edge around sail.
- baba
- Sabatier rope of lower sail yard, tack line.
- kanoa
- Bingham to twist the strands of a rope together.
- ewebwerei
- Bingham game of jumping the rope or over an object.
- ata
- Sabatier rope which connects mast head with outrigger.
- kababa
- Sabatier rope fixed to top yard-arm of sail as support.
- taumori
- Sabatier rope connecting top of mast to stern of canoe.
- tienako
- Bingham to commence to swing, to swing away as a rope.
- ro
- Sabatier cable, rope, chain, belt, anchor chain, anchor.
- biroa
- Bingham to make a rope by twisting the strands together.
- tinea
- Bingham to pull down on a rope with one's entire weight.
- tiki
- Bingham tough, as certain panfre or eels, taut as a wetted rope.
- tiebaba
- Sabatier a rope used to regulate sail, suspenders, shoulder straps.
- kawekawe
- Bingham to engage in swinging a person with a rope attached to the swing.
- katangitang
- Sabatier a string of kabun making bell. a rope to regulate the incline of mast.
- mae
- Sabatier string, rope, cord, anything hanging, necklace, necktie, little fishing basket.
- manu
- Bingham closed as fingers, bent or drawn up as an arm or leg, slack, looping as a slack rope.
- tikotiko
- Sabatier a thin rope connecting top sailyard to float of outrigger when the former is higher than the mast.