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tough

15 Kiribati words

• non
  • Bingham tough.
  • Sabatier (2) soft and tough, leathery like certain mollusca which bend, twist but do not break.
• nonnon
  • Bingham tough.
• tiki
  • Bingham tough, as certain panfre or eels, taut as a wetted rope.
• iwaka
  • Bingham tough as meat.
  • Sabatier fibrous, tough, tight skinned, taut (a person thin but wiry).
• aintoa
  • Sabatier strong, tough.
• wakariri
  • Sabatier stringy, fibrous, tough.
• wakawaka
  • Sabatier stringy, fibrous, tough.
• tiki n taka
  • Sabatier very taut, stiff, too dry, tough.
• kaibara
  • Sabatier hard, tough like kaibara (fruits).
• neneiriko
  • Sabatier not cooked enough, undercooked, hard, tough (fish).
• tikinono
  • Sabatier (1) very hard, tough. (2) stretched, taut, very tight.
• nonon
  • Sabatier (2) ae nonon: tough, leathery, soft but elastic, resisting, flabby; nonnon: idem.
• tina ni kora
  • Sabatier body undeveloped, but hardened by work, old and hard, tough, stunted tree of hard wood.
• iku
  • Sabatier impassible, imperturbable, invulnerable, hardened, firm tough, leathery, tenacious, etc.
• waka
  • Sabatier wakawaka, kau-waka, kiriwakawaka: fibrous, stringy, tough, undercooked, full of threads, strings, fibres, having...