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swelling

11 Kiribati words

• tiribubua
  • Sabatier swelling, excrescence on knees.
• rereka
  • Sabatier tiburereka: a swelling.
• bubura
  • Sabatier swelling of feet and hands.
• uti ia
  • Sabatier swelling veins, varicose...
• tiburake
  • Sabatier swelling up, getting swollen.
• banabuabu
  • Sabatier swelling of abdomen, pot bellied.
• rabu te tauti
  • Sabatier idem. under menace of swelling up.
• banaoraki
  • Sabatier tumour in stomach or abdomen, swelling abdomen.
• ribeu
  • Bingham having a tumor or swelling at the lower end of the spine.
• nounanti
  • Bingham swelling up as if pierced by nou's fin, but without apparent cause.
• titibengaua
  • Sabatier swelling up of soft things ready to burst (fruit, tumour), fat, paunchy man.