twist
23 Kiribati words
- minominota
- Bingham twist.
- kaminoa
- Bingham to twist.
- mimioua
- Sabatier to twist.
- nion
- Sabatier to twist, to writhe.
- birobai
- Sabatier to twist, to plait, to wring by hand, to screw.
- unora
- Bingham twist off.
- Sabatier unounora: to turn, to twist, to give a twist to... (ex. door knob, fruit to detach it).
- otorake
- Bingham twisting a line with four strands.
- Sabatier otorakea: to twist a rope in a certain way with four strands.
- mino
- Bingham twisted.
- minomino
- Bingham twisted.
- kanotenia
- Bingham to twist three threads.
- kakano
- Bingham to twist strands together.
- rarai
- Sabatier to twist and untwist in turning.
- binoka
- Bingham to twist with the fingers as strands.
- katabiro
- Sabatier katabiroa: to twist, to turn around.
- kano
- Sabatier kanoa, kakanoa te kora: to twist string.
- rai
- Bingham to twist and tangle easily, as a thread or line.
- tenia
- Sabatier bo-tenia, bwe-tenia: twist, weave, cut in three.
- ung
- Sabatier ung: to twist and chew while sucking juice from...
- baoua
- Sabatier kabaoua: to bend in two, to bend, to twist, to distort.
- biroa
- Sabatier biroa, birobiroa: to twist, to screw, to tighten with vice.
- bao
- Sabatier kabaoa, kabaobaoa, kakiribabaoa: (sup.) to bend, to inflect, to twist.
- tabiro
- Sabatier tabiro, tatabiro, tabirobiro: to entangle, to twist, to hinder one another, to sprain.
- kaibiro
- Sabatier kaibiroa, kakaibiroa: to make string, to twist with biro, to tighten with screwjack or block.