sip
8 Kiribati words
- temeka
- Bingham to sip, to take in with the lips, to suck as a tobacco pipe for its smoke, to smack.
- toma
- Bingham to taste of, to sip.
- Sabatier totoma: to taste (to see how it tastes), to sip, to savour.
- namta
- Sabatier a draught, a sup, a sip.
- teme
- Sabatier teme temeka: to sip, to drink in sips.
- nengenenge
- Bingham to engage in sipping karewe with a brushlike stick.
- ririnimania
- Bingham to sip with a ririniman to prepare tuae in a certain way.
- namtea
- Sabatier sup. of namta: to suck, to inhale, to sip noisily, ravenously.
- meromero
- Sabatier idem. meroa, memeroa, meremeroa: to taste, to sip, to suck up, to drink with a little noise (N.).