shark
41 Kiribati words
- unun
- Bingham shark.
- Bingham long spear with sharks teeth.
- Sabatier (1) te unun: lagoon shark.
- Goo & Banner white tipped lagoon shark (hh).
- Luomala requiem shark.
- anoi
- Bingham shark.
- Sabatier shark (hammerhead shark).
- Goo & Banner hammerhead shark (ll).
- Luomala hammerhead shark.
- urunga
- Bingham shark, large shark.
- Sabatier a species of large shark.
- Goo & Banner a shark (ll).
- araoboto
- Bingham shark.
- Sabatier species of shark with large hind quarters, difficult to catch.
- kaikai
- Sabatier a shark.
- Goo & Banner a shark (ll).
- bakoa
- Bingham a shark (general term for the genus).
- Sabatier a shark (general name).
- Goo & Banner shark (sm).
- Luomala all sharks except C. amblyrhinchos & G. cuvieri (fan).
- tababa
- Bingham a species of shark, the.
- Sabatier a man-eating shark. tiger shark.
- Goo & Banner tiger shark (ll).
- Luomala requiem shark.
- arawa
- Bingham shark's teeth sword, the teeth being lashed to the wooden blade.
- Sabatier 1. teeth of tiger shark (tababa).
- Sabatier 2. small shark.
- Goo & Banner small, angry shark, liable to attack canoe when hooked (ll).
- babu
- Sabatier a shark with flat snout.
- Goo & Banner toothless shark (ll).
- Luomala nurse shark.
- bairarae
- Bingham a species of shark, the.
- Sabatier a shark with long fins.
- Goo & Banner a shark (ll).
- aumeang
- Sabatier a species of shark (rare).
- Goo & Banner a rare shark which may be taken when fishing for castor oil fish at about 60 fathoms or so (ll).
- Luomala requiem shark.
- baiburebure
- Bingham a species of shark, the.
- Goo & Banner a large shark said to be dangerous (ll).
- Luomala requiem shark.
- kimoa
- Sabatier te kimoa: thresher shark with long tail at an angle of 40 degrees.
- Goo & Banner thresher shark (ll).
- Luomala thresher shark.
- rokea
- Sabatier a dangerous shark.
- Goo & Banner a large and very dangerous shark.
- Luomala mackeral shark.
- babatababa
- Sabatier large tiger shark.
- Goo & Banner large, tiger shark (ll).
- Luomala large requiem shark.
- unikai
- Sabatier blue shark.
- Goo & Banner blue shark (ll).
- bakua
- Sabatier black shark.
- Goo & Banner black shark (sm).
- kobu
- Sabatier a species of shark.
- Goo & Banner a shark (ll).
- unimai
- Sabatier white tipped shark.
- Goo & Banner white tipped shark (ll).
- babutababa
- Bingham a species of shark, the.
- Goo & Banner large toothless shark (ll).
- kurikuri
- Bingham a portion of the entrails of a shark.
- Sabatier (2) te kurikuri, te ua kurikuri: a part of a shark's intestines.
- bakoanimarawa
- Luomala requiem shark.
- nambauia
- Luomala requiem shark.
- taungea
- Sabatier shark fishing.
- bubakoakoa
- Sabatier odour of shark.
- imarawa
- Sabatier a species of shark.
- urukameru
- Sabatier a species of shark.
- kaikain
- Sabatier a small tiger shark.
- anai
- Goo & Banner hammerhead shark (ll).
- kaikaintababa
- Goo & Banner small tiger shark (ll).
- babunibakoa
- Bingham a species of shark, the.
- matameri
- Sabatier a shark with black spots.
- araboto
- Goo & Banner a variety of large shark (k,ll).
- wakaniba
- Sabatier a species of dark coloured shark.
- ngarei
- Sabatier deep water shark, sort of tababa.
- baibure
- Sabatier 1. a shark with white spots on fins.
- rokeatau
- Sabatier a species of shark with pointed snout.
- batuaro
- Bingham the under and front portion of a shark.
- nagarei
- Goo & Banner sandshark, said to be dangerous (ll) <shark>.
- niba ni mate
- Bingham exposed to danger, as when fishing for sharks.
- ianti
- Sabatier a species of shark, having large head and long slender body (ugly appearance like anti).