this
12 Kiribati words
- aei
- Bingham this.
- Sabatier dem. this, this one.
- baei
- Bingham this thing.
- Sabatier te bae aei, te baei: this thing here.
- maikoa
- Bingham on this side of.
- Sabatier this side of...
- bae
- Bingham this thing which.
- Sabatier te bae, te bae aei. this thing which...
- mai
- Bingham this way, here toward the speaker.
- Sabatier mai ikao: on this side of.
- teuaei
- Sabatier this one... (masc.).
- kangai
- Sabatier so, this way, like this, thus.
- ngai
- Sabatier that this (when speaking of several things).
- nei
- tairiki
- Sabatier n tairiki: adv. this evening n tairikina: on the evening of...
- kangaiakina
- Sabatier kakangaiakina to do, to go about, to hold, to turn, etc., in this way (show action).
- kaei
- Sabatier abakei (abakin aei), anaukaei (anauna aei) with a sign to show size: this size, this length. used also without gesture to designate: very long, very big.