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tying

11 Kiribati words

• nira n upa
  • Sabatier a certain way of tying.
• taekai
  • Bingham to engage in tying canoe planks.
• kabae
  • Bingham to engage in tying, binding, or lashing.
• kataetae
  • Bingham to engage in tying coconuts together in twos.
• taboa
  • Bingham a coconut-leaf fiber used in tying on fish bait.
• bakabwi
  • Bingham to engage in tying coconuts in bunches of ten each.
• nama
  • Sabatier the act of tying, stringing together (fish, pearls, etc.).
• rabu
  • Bingham to engage in tying coconut leaves around fruit-trees tabooed.
• wainiman
  • Bingham a method of tying the feather float in the game of kab'ane.
• reireita
  • Bingham to make a fine fish-line by tying single coconut-huskfibers together.
• tuta
  • Bingham to engage in tying the ends of two pieces of thatch together while being held in place.