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thread

13 Kiribati words

• karai
  • Bingham thread.
  • Sabatier thread.
• nanouai
  • Bingham double thread or line.
  • Sabatier two ply string, cord or thread.
• ira
  • Sabatier hair, hairs, thread, strands.
• nanouaia
  • Bingham make double a thread or line.
• nokoa
  • Sabatier to thread on to a noko or wire.
• koran
  • Bingham a thread or fiber of a coconut husk.
• itu
  • Sabatier itutu: to sew, to thread (beads, fish).
• rai
  • Bingham to twist and tangle easily, as a thread or line.
• tu
  • Sabatier itutu, itua, itutua: to sew, to thread on to...
• namata
  • Sabatier namatana: idem. to thread, to tie with a namata, to put a loop on.
• aroma
  • Bingham tree, also its bark, used for making fish-lines, or thread in foreign rope.
• nama
  • Sabatier nama, namanama: to thread on to string, to make sorcery to gain affection.
• waka
  • Sabatier wakawaka, kau-waka, kiriwakawaka: fibrous, stringy, tough, undercooked, full of threads, strings, fibres, having...