spring
19 Kiribati words
- tebe
- Bingham to spring, to snap.
- matewe
- Sabatier to spring, to jump, to bound (canoe on waves, spring mattress, spring seats).
- makua
- Bingham full springtide.
- Sabatier spring tide at its highest point.
- onia
- Sabatier <spring tide>.
- iababa
- Sabatier spring tides at equinox.
- ia ni mama
- Sabatier spring tide at full moon.
- koburake
- Bingham to gush up, to spring up.
- tokinia
- Bingham spring tide at its highest.
- wira
- Sabatier a wheel, a circular spring.
- ianora
- Sabatier ebb of spring tides at lowest point.
- ia
- Sabatier te moan ia: beginning of spring tides.
- kona
- Sabatier to give way under pressure, to spring.
- iaka
- Bingham spring or start suddenly from surprise.
- katebea
- Bingham to snap, to spring, to shoot from a bow.
- iakamate
- Sabatier tides half-way between spring and neap tides.
- kuribaba
- Bingham to spring up suddenly as at an alarm of fire.
- riki
- Bingham to come into existence, to shoot up, to spring, to grow.
- raran
- Sabatier to leak, to spring a leak, to be leaking (barrels, canoes, etc.).
- tebeteberake
- Sabatier to jump in the air, to rebound, to spring up, to jerk, to jump, to jolt.