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weave

17 Kiribati words

• raranga
  • Bingham to braid a mat, to weave.
  • Sabatier to weave.
• ata
  • Bingham braid, weave.
  • Sabatier to weave, to interlace, to plait, to weave mats, baskets, leaves of coconut or pandanus.
• waua
  • Sabatier to weave, to embroider with different coloured leaves, or cotton to make patterns, designs.
• kaburena
  • Bingham to braid or weave a mat called kabure.
  • Sabatier to weave a mat with kabure design.
• touroba
  • Sabatier to weave a coarse mat (tou inai), etc.
• wewene
  • Sabatier wenea: to begin to weave second half...
• kabure
  • Sabatier a certain design in mat-weaving <weave> (twill).
• buara
  • Sabatier weaving <weave> of the finishing of edge of mats.
• tenia
  • Sabatier bo-tenia, bwe-tenia: twist, weave, cut in three.
• iraniwenewene
  • Bingham strand lying near to be spliced in when weaveing a mat.
• ato
  • Sabatier ati-ato: to weave thatch. atona: to thatch a house with ato.
• touanikai
  • Sabatier v.t. touanikaia: mat weaving <weave>, procedure at beginning of weaving.
• wau
  • Sabatier wauwau: weaving <weave> mats with patterns of different coloured leaves.
• bu ira
  • Sabatier bubu ira. to pull off or tear away pandanus leaves for mat weaving <weave>.
• inai
  • Sabatier ati inai: to weave these mats koro inai: to cut leaves to make these mats.
• ekira
  • Sabatier to bend a dry or crisp thing, to roll up pandanus leaves, to weave the edge of a mat.
• binata
  • Sabatier to make last preparations before setting out, before moving, to finish weaving mat, to weave edge of mat, to look here and there for karea used to perfume oil.