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wire

4 Kiribati words

• waea
  • Sabatier wire.
• ngaongao
  • Bingham wire branches of bushes cut to be burned in the clearing of land.
  • Sabatier branch, twigs without leaves, sprigs, dry branches, wire, barbed wire, spokes of bicycle wheel.
• kaukamea
  • Sabatier a bent piece of wire for catching eels.
• kai ni kareke
  • Sabatier an iron rod or wire for fishing in crevices, a wooden rod for pulling down pandanus leaves (ira ni kie).