English index › S

stiff

21 Kiribati words

• iakai
  • Bingham afflicted with stiffness of body or limbs.
  • Sabatier stiff, numb.
• aotiki
  • Sabatier stiff, rigid looking.
• bwiangeangea
  • Sabatier stiff, rough, not supple.
• kanene
  • Bingham stiff, obstinate, unheeding.
• kokoiroroa
  • Sabatier thick and stiff.
• ngearuru
  • Sabatier very hard, stiff, rigid.
• omaoma
  • Bingham easily bending, not stiff.
• koro ni katei
  • Sabatier fig stiff as a board (slang).
• kangaeau
  • Sabatier rough, stiff, not oiled (hair).
• konin
  • Bingham stiff or drawn up through cold.
• ngea
  • Bingham firm, stiff, hard as a wet rope.
• tiki n taka
  • Sabatier very taut, stiff, too dry, tough.
• atumatoa
  • Sabatier dancer with a stiff neck (ruoia).
• tikimarau
  • Sabatier stiff but flexible, part of kabane line.
• karikamate
  • Sabatier numb, benumbed, stiff (of joints or limbs).
• nene
  • Bingham firm, immovable, fixed, stiff, steady as the wind.
• awaruru
  • Sabatier perfectly straight, stiff (said for persons and things),.
• kamomori
  • Bingham making sore or stiff as in the carrying of a heavy burden.
• kariri
  • Sabatier to hold oneself stiff, straight, to be imperious, imposing.
• kimatoa
  • Bingham stiff jointed in the hips in ruoia hence unable to kabuti well.
• kiribanin
  • Sabatier kiribaninin: coagulated, adhesive, frozen, stiff, thick curdled, congealed, condensed.