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turn

43 Kiribati words

• tan
  • Bingham to turn.
  • Sabatier tanimai: to face this way, to turn this way.
• unora
  • Bingham turn a key.
  • Sabatier unounora: to turn, to twist, to give a twist to... (ex. door knob, fruit to detach it).
• raira
  • Bingham to turn over, to turn.
  • Sabatier to put upside down, to turn, to turn over, to turn around, to change opinion, to be converted, to translate, to transpose.
• kataba
  • Bingham to give way, to turn aside in order to let another pass.
  • Sabatier (3) to deviate, to turn aside, to swerve.
• tan nako
  • Bingham to turn away.
• angabuki
  • Sabatier to turn the back on.
• tanrake
  • Bingham to turn to the east.
• tanrio
  • Bingham to turn to the west.
• nimamano
  • Sabatier to turn around, to whirl.
• urung
  • Sabatier to turn rudder, to scull.
• raibwe
  • Sabatier to turn the helm to steer.
• bita
  • Bingham to turn around horizontally.
• tanimai
  • Bingham to face, to turn toward one.
• babaraki
  • Bingham able to turn over as an infant.
• aia
  • Sabatier to swing and turn or whirl (as axe).
• ria marawa
  • Sabatier to take a bad turn at sea, on canoe.
• baka
  • Sabatier decadence, want, turn to play (cards).
• katabiro
  • Sabatier katabiroa: to twist, to turn around.
• nanoaea
  • Bingham turn toward a person so as to face him.
• bwe
  • Sabatier bwe! (in games) move!, advance!, turn!
• mimitoiaki
  • Bingham wheel or turn round and round as a person.
• bo
  • Sabatier e bo am tai: it is your time (your turn).
• katibanakoa
  • Bingham to turn off from, to disregard as a request.
• rai
  • Sabatier to move, to turn in wrong direction, contort.
• kiko
  • Sabatier to turn (like a weathercock), to whirl around.
• raiwa
  • Sabatier raira te wa: to turn the canoe right side up.
• mino
  • Sabatier minota, miminota: to turn a handle,... a wheel.
• rairaki
  • Sabatier to turn the head, to turn around to see..., to face.
• tei
  • Sabatier au tei, am tei: my turn, your turn, to be on duty.
• karaia
  • Sabatier to make fade, to wither, to dry up, to turn, to wind.
• rikaki
  • Bingham to turn back, to return, to quit, to go home, to desert.
• inrake
  • Sabatier kainrakea: to direct towards, to turn the end towards...
• inrio
  • Sabatier ka-inrioa: to turn, to place, to orientate <orient> towards...
• katioa
  • Bingham to turn a grindstone, to distribute by takeing to the recipient.
• taon
  • Sabatier au taon, am taon: my turn, your turn to act, to set about to...
• butinibaba
  • Sabatier to turn (around a woman) like the fish ibaba turns around a rock.
• kai
  • Sabatier method, system, trick, manner, procedure, way, mimic, rhythm, turn.
• tanrikaki
  • Sabatier to look backwards, to face backwards, to turn around, to look behind.
• rikakina
  • Sabatier to turn around towards, to return to, to come back to... (turn against, blame).
• tabebaea
  • Bingham to turn the leaves as of a book, to gather a few pan leaves at a time when scarce.
• inimaki
  • Sabatier to turn around, to struggle, to bound, to start up, to jump, to dash, to rush, to move abruptly.
• tinanikua
  • Sabatier idem. to turn away from, to disdain, to refuse to have anything to do with, to show aversion for.
• kabwea
  • Sabatier to hold the controls, to steer, to direct, to domineer (or) to turn the wheel, to turn about, to deform, to change, to disfigure the meaning, etc.