tree
87 Kiribati words
- itai
- Bingham tree.
- Sabatier a tree (tamanu tree- which growsto an enormous size, nice timber, light and strong, has strongly perfumed flowers.
- Goo & Banner calaba tree (k,z,sp).
- ren
- Bingham name of a tree, the.
- Sabatier a tree.
- Goo & Banner name of a tree (k,z).
- ango
- Bingham tree.
- Sabatier a tree (obtusifolis); roots are used for perfume, branches for fishing rods (kainroaroa).
- ukin
- Bingham tree.
- Sabatier a tree (useful for timber).
- uri
- Bingham tree.
- Sabatier a tree bearing odoriferous flowers very common in Gilbert Islands.
- bingibing
- Bingham a tree.
- Sabatier a tree in great demand for outrigger of canoe on account of buoyancy, used also as floats on fishing nets.
- buka
- Bingham a tree, the.
- Sabatier a tree.
- kiaiai
- Bingham a tree.
- Sabatier a tree (with bell-shaped flowers).
- bairiati
- Bingham a tree, the.
- Sabatier a flowering tree (with strong smell), smell makes the nose swell up, fruit and flower are poisonous.
- bero
- Bingham a tree, the.
- Sabatier a tree bearing edible berries.
- kaimaiu
- Bingham a tree, the.
- Sabatier a tree which grows quickly, flourishes.
- kanawa
- Bingham a tree, the.
- Sabatier a tree, timber good for carpentry, cabinet work, etc.
- reiango
- Bingham a tree, the.
- Sabatier a tree (drifted ashore from elsewhere).
- tarine
- Bingham a tree, the.
- Sabatier name of a tree.
- inoto
- Bingham tree.
- uritabuki
- Bingham tree.
- ngea
- Bingham a tree, the.
- ngeaiarabo
- Bingham a tree, the.
- miro
- Sabatier a tree, mero (Ellice)?
- aroma
- Bingham tree, also its bark, used for making fish-lines, or thread in foreign rope.
- ni
- Bingham a coconut tree.
- Sabatier coconut tree.
- Goo & Banner coconut tree (k,z,sp).
- non
- Bingham name of a tree.
- Sabatier (1) a tree, the fruit of this tree.
- mai
- Sabatier breadfruit tree, its fruit.
- Goo & Banner a breadfruit tree (k,z).
- taeboto
- Bingham a tree torn up by the roots.
- Sabatier a tree pulled up by roots, uprooted.
- oitangere
- Bingham slim as the lower part of the trunk of a tree in contrast with a section above it.
- Bingham tree the diameter of whose trunk varies suddenly.
- oke
- Bingham oak tree.
- bam
- Sabatier palm tree.
- teatura
- Bingham a box-tree.
- kairirieta
- Bingham a tall tree.
- buren
- Bingham a plane tree.
- kiriawa
- Sabatier a banyan tree.
- tireta
- Bingham the holm tree.
- biku
- Sabatier a fig, fig tree.
- mara
- Bingham free from trees.
- mangko
- Sabatier mango tree, mango.
- oriwa
- Sabatier olive, olive tree.
- taeun
- Sabatier (1) uprooted tree.
- urirereba
- Bingham uri tree variety.
- ei
- Bingham bend over as a tree.
- kautu
- Bingham the top part of a tree.
- rinanobarabara
- Bingham low as a tree or house.
- tantan
- Bingham a species of tree moss.
- awaruru
- Bingham very straight as a tree.
- kaiai
- Sabatier a young tree growing up.
- kirimangamanga
- Bingham a tree with many branches.
- tiriobo
- Bingham to crash as a falling tree.
- nikabubuti
- Sabatier a tree (wood hard and heavy).
- tua
- Sabatier te tua: flame flower treee.
- kai aweawe
- Sabatier a long, slender stick or tree.
- moiran
- Sabatier a fruitless tree, unproductive.
- nini
- Bingham a palm tree, not the coconut tree.
- bungiba
- Sabatier tree with drooping leaves, drooping.
- riba ni kai
- Sabatier tree wedged, trees rubbing together.
- aroka
- Bingham cultivated plant or tree, a pet plant.
- einakoa
- Bingham fall or come upon as a tree on a house.
- ieretia
- Sabatier I-eretia: genealogical tree of Samoa.
- ribaeai
- Sabatier young coconut tree (bigger than uto).
- taberamate
- Bingham having a dying top, as a tree or plant.
- moto
- Sabatier fruitless tree, producing stunted fruit.
- niningaun
- Sabatier a coconut tree with big number of fruit.
- oitoro
- Bingham tree or person of unusual circumference.
- obotata
- Bingham broken off as several branches of a tree.
- koba
- Bingham to climb by huggung the trunk of the tree.
- taberamaiu
- Bingham having a vigorous top, as a tree or plant.
- motinwae
- Sabatier species of breadfruit tree (Altilis Fosb).
- bamaiu
- Sabatier a tree with deep green foliage, growing well.
- ibi
- Sabatier a tree -- like itai but harder and heavier.
- nimareburebu
- Sabatier (1) fruit or seed of tree called bingibing.
- warawara
- Bingham having open or net work, here and ther a tree.
- ninikabongira
- Sabatier coconut tree producing nuts resembling bunia.
- kamanga
- Bingham to spare a tree till its branches are developed.
- ba raerae
- Sabatier coconut tree with leaf just beginning to foliate.
- ene
- Sabatier a very young coconut tree, the leaves not yet split.
- nimakai
- Bingham five, in counting trees, fish hooks, sections of land.
- raranako
- Bingham leaning as a tree away from a house, fallen as a tree.
- onokai
- Bingham six in counting trees, fish-hooks, and sections of land.
- akai
- Bingham four, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
- iningaoa
- Bingham carry a coconut by the teeth in descending from the tree.
- aitoa
- Sabatier a species of tree growing in marshy land (hard, red wood).
- arokana
- Bingham hold in possession or own a tree on another's land (a frequent custom).
- totokoa
- Bingham to try to prevent from falling, as a tree, by means of a brace, to brace.
- aweawe
- Sabatier te kai aweawe: a long rod, a tall straight tree without branches, higher than those around.
- nimatore
- Sabatier tree of myth, legend, by means of which Nei Kiku went up to the moon to see Nei Nibarara.
- nibaeai
- Sabatier a young coconut tree of which wood is still soft. a coconut tree or plant bearing fruit early.
- ba
- Sabatier e iranibara te ni: a young coconut tree with leaves already straight, long and well developed.
- kamatene
- uekera
- Sabatier myth. tree planted at Buariki (Tarawa) by Nei Tekanuea from Nabanaba. She married Na Areau te Kikiteia. Nei Terere was their daughter.