subdue
8 Kiribati words
- terona
- Sabatier to enslave, to reduce to subjection, to subdue.
- bainimanea
- Sabatier to hold, to hold firmly, to subdue, to keep together.
- taonikai
- Sabatier to be enslaved, subjugated, carrying the yoke, subdued.
- baimatoa
- Sabatier baimatoa: to hold tight, to squeeze, to tie tightly, to overcome, to subdue.
- kona
- Sabatier kona, kokona: to vanquish, to overcome, to knock out, to triumph over, to beat, to subdue.
- baikora
- Sabatier baikora: to hold firm with hands, to overcome, to subdue, to use violence, to grasp, to seize, to lay hold of.
- aonikai
- Sabatier aonikaia: to triumph over, usurp, to seize, to become master of, to supplant, to oppress, to subdue, to overcome.
- taona
- Sabatier tataona (sometimes), taotaona (freq.). to put weight on, to lean on, to press on, to trample on, to compress, to press down, to apply weight on, to crush, to overwhelm, to lower, to smother, to curb, to hold by pressure, by weight, to submit, to subdue, to overcome, to apply pressure on.