tie
43 Kiribati words
- kabaea
- Bingham to tie, to bind.
- orin
- Sabatier to tie, to make torches of rin (palm leaves).
- kakari
- Bingham to sew or tie on thatch.
- Sabatier tie thatch to laths of roof.
- warona
- Bingham to tie a loop in a cord that will not slip.
- Sabatier to put a knot..., to tie with a knot.
- kanene
- Bingham the ankle tie.
- anoaia
- Bingham tie in a bow-knot.
- tae
- Sabatier of taera. to tie.
- tatibuata
- Sabatier to tie up carelessly.
- arena
- Sabatier to tie with a loop knot.
- konono
- Sabatier kakononoa: to tie tight.
- kawi
- Sabatier to bottle, to tie in bundle.
- nira n riku
- Sabatier a special way to tie spathe.
- kakononoa
- Bingham to tie or lash very firmly.
- rouai
- Sabatier to tie with double cord, string.
- taera
- Bingham to tie slats or pickets in place.
- ota
- Sabatier to tie or bind around with string.
- are
- Sabatier arena: to tie, to knot with loop.
- kara
- Sabatier kakara: to tie thatch to lattice.
- bou
- Sabatier boua te ie: to tie the sail to yard.
- tae ua
- Bingham to tie on as pickets with two lashings.
- nikaia
- Sabatier niranikaia: to tie around with string.
- bakaoko
- Sabatier bakaokoa: to tie or reef sail by these.
- inai
- Sabatier te buki n inai: a manner of tying <tie>.
- tae u
- Sabatier a manner of tying <tie>, making eel traps.
- taenanoa
- Bingham to tie slats on the inside of a fish-trap.
- taou
- Sabatier tae u: to tie together, to make eel pot.
- bauta
- Bingham to tie or bind with a cord, to lash, to bind up.
- ramane
- Sabatier ramanea: to bind, to tie, to attach provisionally.
- ni
- Sabatier ni karewe: tie up spathe of coconut for toddy cutting.
- taeba
- Sabatier to tie sticks (mid rib of palm) together side by side.
- taeben
- Sabatier to tie coconuts in two by strips of husk semidetached.
- uba
- Sabatier nira ubana, taera ubana: to tie, to make uba (special figure).
- taia
- Sabatier taia te bwe: attach rudder to tabio by tying with string <tie>.
- namata
- Sabatier namatana: idem. to thread, to tie with a namata, to put a loop on.
- ro
- Sabatier roa: to attach, to tie up, to put at end of rope, to tether, to anchor.
- nira
- Sabatier nira, ninira: to wrap up, to tie up, to tie string around, to bind around.
- baimatoa
- Sabatier baimatoa: to hold tight, to squeeze, to tie tightly, to overcome, to subdue.
- atanga
- Sabatier kabae atangaia: join or tie together, for ex. two canoes adrift, two screens, roki, etc.
- kaba
- Sabatier kaba, kaba te wa, kaba te kaibuke: to build a canoe, a ship. lit. to tie, to tie together.
- kaunatanga
- Sabatier to tie two canoes together (outriggers outside), to board or come alongside another embarkation.
- taekai
- Sabatier v.t. taekaia, to tie, to tie with string,... the boards of canoe to curved staves and to each other.
- kaurebakua
- Bingham to tie or wind the extreme end of a coconut spathe for karewe, after removing a little portion of the outer rim.
- bae
- Sabatier kabae, kabaebae, kabaea, kabaebaea: to tie, to attach, to oblige, to engage, to be under an obligation, to be bound, to get into debt, to borrow.