swell
16 Kiribati words
- tibu
- Sabatier to swell, to puff up.
- uati
- Sabatier to swell, get bigger, to swell after rubbing.
- rereta
- Sabatier to swell, to puff up, to get fat, to get stout.
- bunai
- Bingham to swell as rice by being boiled.
- kai n tibua
- Sabatier to swell the paunch, to make heavy.
- bwea
- Sabatier to grow, to swell up (fruit, pregnancy).
- katibua
- Bingham to cause to swell as a sponge with water.
- bakatibutibu
- Sabatier tendency to swell up, to obesity, to dropsy.
- intibua
- Sabatier ka-intibua: idem. to swell up, to stupefy, to daze.
- tibutau
- Sabatier katibutaua: to make swell, to stuff, to stuff oneself.
- tabatibutibu
- Sabatier katabatibutibua, katatibutibu: to make..., to raise up, to swell.
- buro
- Sabatier buro, buroburo, burorake: to boil, to bubble, to swell, to ferment.
- nao
- Sabatier te tabo n nao: a rough spot. kinds of waves: te nao uea: big swell.
- kabunnai
- Sabatier v.t. kabunnai, kabunnaia, kaka...: to make go further (in cooking), to swell the bulk.
- kaiboa
- Sabatier to swell up, to cram, to compress. kaiboa te raba, te moko, te nano: (encourage each other).
- uti
- Sabatier to get up, to swell, to lift up, to wake up, to raise up, to stand on end, to be awake, to be up, lifted up, swollen.