tease
9 Kiribati words
- ake
- Sabatier akea, akeakea: to take off thorns or fish bones, to strip off, to disentangle, to separate, to tease or comb.
- Sabatier akea te benu: tease the benu (fibre).
- kua
- Sabatier (2) kakua: to vex, to tease.
- marane
- Sabatier teasing <tease>, coaxing, flattering.
- wa ni ngarea
- Sabatier to laugh at, to make fun of, to tease.
- iku
- Sabatier e na kakoro ikum: he will tease you, irritate you.
- baka n rerei
- Sabatier to jest, to banter, to treat wantonly, to tease, to joke.
- rariki
- Sabatier waea rarikin: to throw hints..., to tease or vex by throwing hints.
- winikamarane
- Sabatier wiwikamaranea: to tease, to soothe by insinuating words, flattery, to flatter, to seduce.
- kinto
- Sabatier a clever way of obtaining by begging. also said of manner used by boys in teasing girls, small thefts, <tease>.