squeeze
10 Kiribati words
- kona
- Bingham to squeeze, to compress.
- Sabatier to tighten, to press, to compress, clasp, to squeeze, to hold tight.
- ong
- Sabatier to squeeze, to press to extract juice.
- ongira
- Bingham wring, blow or squeeze as the nose.
- Sabatier to squeeze to extract liquid, to press, to apply pressure, to use a handkerchief.
- taokai
- Sabatier (2) to press..., to squeeze in...
- kaubata
- Bingham to grasp or squeeze an enemy in fury.
- takoko
- Sabatier katakokoa: to squeeze tight enough to suffocate,... burst.
- tawakai
- Sabatier tawakaia: to squeeze in press, to squeeze grated coconut to extract oil.
- buri n auau
- Sabatier pus mixed with blood oozing from an abscess, etc., being squeezed out of...
- baimatoa
- Sabatier baimatoa: to hold tight, to squeeze, to tie tightly, to overcome, to subdue.
- taoakai
- Sabatier taoakaia (taona i an te kai): to squeeze, to put through presser (coconut to extract oil).