trees
11 Kiribati words
- nini
- Sabatier palm trees (other than coconut).
- Sabatier abounding in coconut trees.
- kai n amarake
- Sabatier fruit trees.
- wara
- Bingham without trees, treeless.
- ribaba
- Bingham a cluster of houses or trees.
- kibokibo
- Bingham a thick cluster of trees or shrubs.
- reia
- Bingham a grove, a cluster of trees or plants.
- tekaina
- Bingham one, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
- tenikai
- Bingham three, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
- ruakai
- Bingham nine, used in counting trees, plants, sections of land, fish-hooks.
- tabekai
- Bingham some, referring to trees and objects, counted with the suffix kai.
- kai
- Sabatier wood, 2. instrument, 3. pain, 4. chastisement, punishment... 1. wood in general: trees, plants, stick, switch, rod, pointer, lath, piece. te kaina, uakai, teni kai, etc.