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shade

8 Kiribati words

• nu
  • Bingham shadey.
  • Sabatier shade, shadow, shadow pictures, outline.
• nu ni kai
  • Sabatier shade.
• nunu
  • Sabatier to cover, to shade (incantation).
• mata
  • Sabatier colour, shade, tint, complexion, hue.
• taeka
  • Sabatier nuna te taeka: to obscure, to shade...
• anni
  • Sabatier 1. shade of coconut trees. 2. a-n-ni: a. stringy bark taken from inside midrib of coconut leaf.
• matawere
  • Sabatier to shade the eyes with the hands (as did formerly the seekers for were before they had goggles for under-water).
• nuna
  • Sabatier to make shade over..., to veil, to blur, to shade, to darken tattoo designs, to make an incision on head to beautify; nunan.