surprise
25 Kiribati words
- auba
- Sabatier surprise, trouble.
- kuba
- Sabatier surprise, astonishment.
- tabaka
- Sabatier to surprise, to take by..., to fall on, to seize, to bite, to hit suddenly.
- iaka
- Bingham spring or start suddenly from surprise.
- Sabatier fright, sudden cold, surprise.
- Sabatier ka-iaka, ka-iakaka: to make..., to cause to cry out in fear, to surprise, to alarm, to frighten, to startle.
- aka
- Sabatier showing surprise.
- kamiroa
- Bingham to greatly surprise.
- bobouru
- Sabatier astonishment, surprise.
- awaka
- Bingham exclamation of surprise.
- ea
- Bingham exclamation of surprise.
- ean
- Bingham exclamation of surprise.
- akea
- Bingham exclamation of surprise or emotion.
- ma
- Bingham exclamation of dissatisfaction or surprise.
- kukubanrou
- Bingham to express surprise at an unexpected arrival.
- kauba
- Sabatier kakauba: to frighten, to surprise, to startle.
- ei
- Sabatier showing a sudden pleasure or a pleasant surprise.
- bakara
- Sabatier to fall on, to surprise, to attack suddenly, to shock.
- kabatobai
- Bingham occasioning surprise, spoken of unaccountable conduct.
- kuba n rou
- Sabatier to start up in surprise, sudden surprise, to be dazed.
- karan
- Sabatier torokarania: to crouch in waiting, to spring a surprise.
- rua n nano
- Sabatier karuanano: causes surprise, dumbfounds, amazes, causes delusion.
- kubatera
- Bingham to confer an expression of surprise on a person arriving unexpectedly.
- kubaraki
- Sabatier ka-kuba, kakuba n rang: to surprise, to astonish, to seize, to amaze.
- tiao
- Bingham of surprise, of regret, especially of satisfaction, or thankfulness or pleasure.
- o
- Sabatier call, reply, surprise, lassitude, etc. (diff. tone but always placed at the end).
- kabutika
- Sabatier to cause a surprise, a meeting, to visit, to go to meet, to take occasion of someone's good luck in order to get something from them to eat or drink.