seize
23 Kiribati words
- taua
- Bingham to seize, to grasp, to hold back, to retain, to hold.
- abuabu
- Sabatier to seize, to lay hold of (as in ball games), to massage,... to knead with hands.
- tokara
- Sabatier to seize, to secure, to usurp, to dominate, to overcome, to crush, to defeat, to triumph over.
- rawea
- Bingham to take, to lay hold of, to seize, to grab, procure.
- Sabatier to take, to seize, to grab, to catch.
- rabata
- Sabatier rabata: to take, to seize around body with arms, to embrace, to hold in embrace.
- Sabatier to seize by surprise, by hiding (for ex. cat catching mouse).
- kaubata
- Sabatier to seize by arms and make fall.
- tokanikaia
- Bingham to seize and hold land unjustly.
- kanauti
- Sabatier to eat greedily, to seize food hastily.
- rawebai
- Sabatier to seek, to procure, to seize what one wants.
- tokanantia
- Bingham to seize land on a false pretense or unjust charge.
- raweaba
- Sabatier rawea aban te...: to take the land, to seize land of...
- ubati
- Sabatier kaubata: to take, seize hold strongly with arms around.
- rabana
- Sabatier rabarabana: keep carefully, to take hold of..., to seize.
- biria
- Sabatier to take in passing, to seize, to occupy conquered territory.
- kuri
- Sabatier v.t. kuria, kurikuria: to grab, to seize, to snatch away quickly.
- kubaraki
- Sabatier ka-kuba, kakuba n rang: to surprise, to astonish, to seize, to amaze.
- manto
- Sabatier kamantoa: to take in, to catch on, to acquire, to seize,... assimilate.
- tabaka
- Sabatier to surprise, to take by..., to fall on, to seize, to bite, to hit suddenly.
- matau
- Sabatier kamataua: to try to see, to catch, to seize, to recognize, to control, etc.
- reke
- Sabatier reke, rereke, rekereke: caught, seized, acquired, found, obtained, hooked, kept.
- baikora
- Sabatier baikora: to hold firm with hands, to overcome, to subdue, to use violence, to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of.
- aonikai
- Sabatier aonikaia: to triumph over, usurp, to seize, to become master of, to supplant, to oppress, to subdue, to overcome.
- manea
- Sabatier manea, mamanea, manemanea: to catch in a trap, to encircle, to seize in one's arms, round the waist, to hold carefully.