string
34 Kiribati words
- nano ten
- Sabatier string, cord tripled, three ply.
- kona
- Sabatier string, string well-made, tightly twisted (ko).
- mae
- Sabatier string, rope, cord, anything hanging, necklace, necktie, little fishing basket.
- kabaeure
- Sabatier string, binding used to pull together the ribs of a canoe which have widened out.
- waka
- Sabatier root, fibre, string.
- Sabatier wakawaka, kau-waka, kiriwakawaka: fibrous, stringy, tough, undercooked, full of threads, strings, fibres, having...
- kao
- Bingham a kite string, the umbilical cord.
- Sabatier cord, string, tentacle, feeler of insect, umbilical cord, liana, creeper.
- itua
- Bingham string fish.
- taokora
- Sabatier to make string.
- moauai
- Bingham double string for fish.
- maena
- Sabatier mae: string, necklace.
- matan
- Sabatier a roll of string, fishline.
- koratabuki
- Sabatier knotted string, charm collar.
- nanouai
- Sabatier two ply string, cord or thread.
- tabowa
- Sabatier (1) cord or string of root fibre.
- itu
- Sabatier te itua n ika: a string of fish.
- kora
- Sabatier string (native) made of coconut fibre.
- nano
- Sabatier nanon te riri: running string in garment.
- matanoko
- Sabatier string with a noko on end to thread things on.
- ramane
- Sabatier any string, ribbon, garland worn as bandoleer, sash.
- itua n rereba
- Sabatier a string figure in the game of cat's cradle; wau cul.
- karoro
- Sabatier te katau, nanon te karoro: string to thread circles.
- marainao
- Sabatier nimarainai: string made of kanawa fibres, hair, etc.
- riri
- Sabatier te nano n riri: tape or string to tie... around waist.
- katabara
- Sabatier a bundle of string, cord rolled up or in figure of eight.
- bakatari
- Sabatier cord or string to tie a weapon (mbo, batiraku) to wrist.
- kaba
- Sabatier string (very fine and strong) used in the building of canoes.
- wai itua
- Sabatier to thread on, to string by piercing <pierce> with needle, etc.
- namata ni bure
- Sabatier a string of bure shells, a bracelet of these shells worn as armlet.
- tiekaokao
- Sabatier bits of string, etc., hanging down, swinging like tentacles, floating rumours.
- taia ni bwe
- Sabatier (1) te taia ni bwe: the string, or cord with which rudder-oar is tied to tabiro.
- nimaerere
- Sabatier a string or cord of plaited coconut fibre and hair mixed. string of <or> amulet of same.
- kaibiro
- Sabatier kaibiroa, kakaibiroa: to make string, to twist with biro, to tighten with screwjack or block.
- namata
- Sabatier fibre pulled from palm used to tie torches made of leaves, to string fish, beads, shells, necklace, string of...
- bautimu