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sweep

8 Kiribati words

• iakina
  • Bingham clean up, free from litter, sweep.
  • Sabatier to sweep... to clean, to disencumber... to tidy up, to do quickly, rapidly.
• burum
  • Sabatier buruna: to sweep.
• iaki
  • Sabatier iaiaki: to sweep, to clean.
• takiri
  • Sabatier takiria: to sweep the ground,... leaves.
• iti
  • Sabatier e iti matata: a clean sweep, nothing left.
• taenakoa
  • Sabatier to hit in a certain position, to chase away, to push far back, to sweep away completely in one swoop.
• taea
  • Sabatier tataea: to take off, to dust off, to wipe off (dust, dirt), to shake off, to clean, to dust, to brush, to sweep, to beat a mat.
• unaenae
  • Sabatier unaenaea to strip,... fleece,... ransack, to make clean sweep, to scrape up everything, to despoil totally, to leave nothing behind (ex. fish and small fry).