welcome
12 Kiribati words
- manea akoa
- Sabatier to welcome, to receive, to care for.
- inga
- Sabatier to welcome, to receive with marks of affection, esteem and respect.
- bakabaka ni koroa
- Bingham a hastening to meet a coming guest, a welcome.
- Bingham to welcome a returning friend by hastening to meet him.
- kaurama
- Bingham to await the arrival of, to welcome.
- bakako
- Sabatier a feigned welcome, false assiduousness.
- raoi
- Sabatier peace (in answer to thanks) <you're welcome>.
- tautata
- Sabatier tatautata: warm welcome, assiduous attention to guests.
- aoraba
- Sabatier kaoraba: to find fortune, to profit, to esteem, welcome.
- butimaea
- Sabatier (irregular) to go to meet, to welcome someone, to receive well.
- kaeaka
- Sabatier ka-eaka: to welcome, to take in a traveller, exile, or homeless person.
- mra
- Sabatier mramra: to converge on in crowd, to crowd around, to welcome, to acclaim.
- akoa
- Sabatier to treat with care, look after, to be careful of, to welcome or receive well.