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swim

11 Kiribati words

• ua
  • Bingham fishing in deep water in which a number of persons accompany or manage the seine by swimming <fishing>.
  • Bingham swim, fish <fishing>.
  • Sabatier rad. of uaua: to swim.
• uaua
  • Bingham swim.
  • Sabatier to swim.
• wae ni ma
  • Sabatier to go, to swim in single file (as fish along wall of trap).
  • Bingham to swim as fish in long lines.
• uana
  • Bingham swim out to.
• wa tangaina
  • Sabatier to swim on back.
• wa n tabea
  • Bingham to swim on the back.
• kao
  • Bingham to swim away as a squid.
• wa n tabakea
  • Sabatier to swim on back, face upwards.
• uang
  • Bingham sway preparatory to throwing or jumping or swimming.
• ikanua
  • Bingham fish caught with seine and rai by parties swimming.
• watangaina
  • Bingham to swim on the back, to walk with the face turned upwards.