wave
19 Kiribati words
- nao
- Bingham wave.
- naomoro
- Bingham short wave.
- naouatao
- Sabatier nao: wave.
- naobatia
- Bingham choppy as waves.
- maoton te nao
- Sabatier the point where the wave breaks.
- naobangaki
- Bingham running ws waves in a cross sea.
- nomaki
- Bingham the undertow, as of a retreating wave.
- baroa
- Bingham to comb into or swamp a canoe as a wave.
- tio
- Sabatier to oscillate, to flap, to swing, to wave.
- naobue
- Sabatier Nei Naobue, te bua n ang: wave from rear.
- naouea
- Bingham mounting wave which does not break or comb.
- naobwe
- Sabatier Nei Naobwe: wave which carries towards shore.
- mabaki
- Sabatier a kind of current or wave which eats away sand banks.
- io
- Sabatier io, ioi, ioioi: to shake, to wave, to flutter, to sift.
- naonikabuno
- Bingham wave caused by a receding surf meeting the incoming wave.
- tiotio
- Bingham frequentative of to wave as a flag, to roam or wander about.
- rebua
- Sabatier (2) see above (3) name of a legendary wave (between tokia and kamaoto).
- maeiei
- Sabatier maeiei, mamaieie: to shake, to wag, to wave, to tremb to be agitated, to be shaken.
- maoto i eta
- Sabatier a current going eastwards met by a strong easterly wind with resulting strong dangerous waves (naomoro) breaking at the summit.