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sound

42 Kiribati words

• karu
  • Bingham to sound, to make a noise by collision.
• makerukeru
  • Bingham make a crunching sound in eating, or a nibbling or gnawing sound as a rat.
  • Sabatier a crunching sound.
• maningongo
  • Bingham sound of voices in low conversation.
  • Sabatier indistinct sound of voices, a noise of distant voices, whispering.
• tangibururu
  • Bingham to buzz, to roar as rigging, to sound loudly, as rain in a very heavy shower.
  • Sabatier e bururu tangina: sound of saw jerking, buzz, hum, whirr of aeroplane.
• tangimara
  • Sabatier feeble sound.
• bongubongu
  • Sabatier 1. hollow sound.
• nea
  • Bingham a sound as of wind.
• tangi ni kimoa
  • Sabatier giving little sound.
• tangibuaka
  • Sabatier a disagreeable sound.
• anti
  • Bingham sound or fresh as an egg.
• tangiraoi
  • Sabatier to give harmonious sound.
• babababa
  • Sabatier sound of escaping air or water.
• katangibwerei
  • Sabatier harmonious sound of instrument.
• bakeke
  • Sabatier a direct hit, sound of direct hit.
• kung
  • Sabatier kungkung: grunt, grunting sound.
• kota
  • Sabatier kotakota: gurgling <gurgle> sound.
• bengu
  • Sabatier bengubengu. a sound, a hollow sound.
• tangimaka
  • Sabatier powerful sound, loud peal, call, ring.
• tete
  • Sabatier hissing sound, sound of liquid boiling.
• wiraraoi
  • Bingham having handsome, regular and sound teeth.
• ingu
  • Sabatier ingu and u: movement with muffled sound.
• to
  • Sabatier katoa: to make emit a weak sound, to squeak.
• maninga
  • Bingham distressed by grating sounds or the sight of wounds.
• bangu
  • Sabatier bangu, bangubangu: hollow sound, nasal sound, empty.
• katangibu
  • Sabatier tangin te bu: sound of musical instruments, of band.
• karebea
  • Bingham to explode, to make something give forth a sharp sound.
• mauri
  • Sabatier mauri, mamauri: to be alive and well, safe and sound.
• baru
  • Sabatier a dull sound, hollow sound like breaking open a coconut.
• ibengungu
  • Bingham low sound of voices in quiet discussion carried on nearby.
• takaruru
  • Sabatier to give a muffled sound when rattled, to shake, to rattle.
• takaneinei
  • Sabatier covered with pools of water, have sound of liquid when shaken.
• beku
  • Sabatier bekubeku: hollow sound of box, drum, log, etc., noise of this kind.
• kunimaninganinga
  • Sabatier to be inconvenienced by disagreeable noises, rasping sounds, to shudder.
• taekeke
  • Sabatier tang n taekeke, banataekeke: a piercing cry, a shrill sound, hurling cry.
• koakoa
  • Bingham to give forth a harsh sound, as in sawing, or scraping coconut with a shell.
• rebwe
  • Sabatier bang, detonation, report of gun, crashing sound, cracking noise, crack, explosion.
• takiri
  • Sabatier regular sound of repeated beats (footsteps, horse's gallop, beating of drum, etc.).
• te
  • Sabatier tete: fizzing sound, bubbling, fermenting, seething, noise made by effervescence.
• bekubeku
  • Bingham a resonant sound a wooden mould or cylinder used in making a container for kabubu.
• tang
  • Sabatier tangitang: a cry, plaint, wail, complaint, reclamation, sound, siffle, peal, creak.
• katiti
  • Sabatier hissing sound, hissing between teeth, s sound before i and u (si, su for ti and tu).
• wanawana
  • Sabatier intelligence, reason, commonsense, sound judgement, wisdom, sagacity, perspicacity, clairvoyance, prudence.