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whistle

7 Kiribati words

• kanimomoi
  • Bingham to whistle.
  • Sabatier kakanimomoi: to whistle.
• katang
  • Bingham a loud whistle as a signal a portion of a coconut leaf to be inserted in the mouth of a fish trap to prevent escape.
  • Sabatier whistle, call.
• bira
  • Sabatier a whistle.
• katangibwerei
  • Sabatier to whistle.
• katangitang
  • Sabatier act of ringing, crying, calling, whistling <whistle>, singing.
• tangibino
  • Sabatier tangin te binobino: noise, whistling <whistle>, hissing of binobino (small empty coconut shell that the diviner makes spin and whistle on the end of a string).
• tang
  • Sabatier tang, tatang, tangitang: to cry, to shed tears, to complain, to squeak, to lament, to reclaim, to sound, to ring, to grind, to crack, to whistle, to hiss, to sing (bird).