rub
12 Kiribati words
- ire
- Bingham base or root of irea to rub.
- Sabatier to rub, polish, furbish, file.
- irea
- Bingham rub, wash.
- ireai
- Bingham process of producing fire by rubbing two sticks together.
- Sabatier to rub to obtain fire. to rub one stick on another to obtain fire.
- ireire
- Bingham wash, rub.
- arobairi
- Sabatier smell noses, rub noses.
- toroba
- Bingham to stroke, to rub gently.
- bubu
- Sabatier to rub with a stone, to polish.
- tiroba
- Sabatier to rub with oil, to massage gently.
- tobu
- Sabatier tobuna: to rub soap on, to soap...
- bubua
- Bingham to rub with the hands for pulverizing.
- kakano mata
- Sabatier to rub eyes in order to see better, to clear sight.
- tobi
- Sabatier tobibi, tobia, totobia: to massage, to massage in circles, all around, to rub gently (for prenatal care).