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12 Kiribati words
- taubuki
- Bingham the top, the ridge.
- Sabatier taubukin atu: top of skull.
- eta
- Sabatier the top, the upper, the heavens (as opposed to the earth), the shore as opposed to the sea, the land.
- rurutei
- Bingham a conical half coconut-shell used as a top.
- Sabatier conical top.
- kautu
- Bingham the top part of a tree.
- Sabatier head, top, crest.
- rurubaro
- Bingham a spinningtopmade of a bulging broad half coconut-shell.
- Sabatier Gilbertese spinning top with stem, bottom end of coconut, a concave form.
- tabera
- Sabatier summit, peak, top.
- kabukuwi
- Sabatier a top (spinning). (Grimble)?
- taberamate
- Bingham having a dying top, as a tree or plant.
- taberamaiu
- Bingham having a vigorous top, as a tree or plant.
- ao
- Sabatier to certain words to indicate the outside, the top, the upper side, etc.
- kawete
- Sabatier point, summit, top of, point of, bayonet, dart, sharp pointed weapon, spear.
- uatao
- Sabatier kauataoa, kaka... kauataoarakea: to put one on top of the other,... layer upon layer, to pile up, to heap up.