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spathe

31 Kiribati words

• ari
  • Bingham coconut spathe.
  • Sabatier spathe (of coconut).
• aribuni
  • Bingham short as a coconut spathe.
  • Bingham coconut tree having short spathes.
• arinoko
  • Bingham slim or narrow as a coconut spathe or eyebrow.
  • Bingham coconut tree having slim spathes.
• arinimata
  • Sabatier 2. te ni ae ari buni: short spathe.
  • Sabatier te ari baurua: spathe thick and long.
• roro
  • Bingham the spathe of a coconut tree when open, the open spathe which once contained the minute coconuts.
  • Sabatier withered dry spathe, used for firewood.
• tabonari
  • Bingham a small coconut-shell bottle used in receiving the early sap from a spathe recently bound, the spathe in its earlier stage.
  • Sabatier extreme end of spathe beginning to drip.
• tabanura
  • Bingham a coconut spathe for karewe not bound at the base.
  • Sabatier (1) (taba:-n-u:ra) bristling of spikes on lobster called ura, bristle like, having sharp bristle.(2) spathe with twigs loose, not tied.
• ue n ari
  • Sabatier flowers of coconut spathe.
• tabotari
  • Sabatier a spathe giving abundant sap.
• manibwebwe
  • Sabatier the envelope of coconut spathe.
• winiwete
  • Bingham the outer end of the coconut spathe.
• tabanure
  • Sabatier spathe of coconut with twigs pointed.
• ikawai ewewe
  • Sabatier 2. a spathe which gives no more juice.
• ikawaiwewe
  • Bingham too old for sap as a spathe <coconut>.
• taiikawai
  • Bingham in a mature stage, as a coconut spathe.
• taume
  • Sabatier nano n taume: white inside of spathe.
• urebaku
  • Sabatier the opening of spathe to extract juice.
• tairaoi
  • Bingham in an intermediate stage as a coconut spathe.
• tai ikawai
  • Sabatier (1) spathe too developed to be used for toddy.
• taitoki
  • Bingham a coconut spathe in its third stage of growth.
• taiataei
  • Bingham in a somewhat tender stage as a coconut spathe.
• katua
  • Bingham to test a coconut spathe as to the amount of its sap.
• ukiang
  • Sabatier the thin slice cut from spathe end to let juice flow.
• nira
  • Bingham a small roll of coconut cord for tying the coconut spathe.
• ibuntabonari
  • Bingham small coconut shell for use at the beginning of cutting the spathe.
• katawanou
  • Bingham to recut the coconut spathe at noon, in order to increase the flow of sap.
• kinati
  • Sabatier (4) spathe just coming out. (5) te kinati, te ri ni kinati: fibula, splint bone.
• tarikeke
  • Sabatier said of spathe when juice diminishes or of the awkward person who gets less and less from it.
• kaurebaku
  • Bingham the process of winding the extreme end of a spathe of a coconut bud in prepararion for karewe.
• tai toki
  • Sabatier mature coconut, spathe at the stage of giving less and less juice, when tide ceases to rise any higher.
• wi ni wete
  • Sabatier sharp point of dart, lance, arrow, summit, tip of mast, of coconut spathe, tattooing in points on thigh, etc.