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203 Kiribati words

• o stretch.
• oa overtake.
• oakina to make advance, to push with pole or paddle.
• obaba coming up onto the land as a very high tide.
• obaea capture by surrounding.
• obaki rough binding of coconut fronds for torches, the torch…
• obakia bind roughly a coconut frond for a torch.
• obo broken off as the head of a fish or as a coconut leaf.
• obora destroy, desolate, devastate, damage.
• obotata broken off as several branches of a tree.
• obuki to hit, to attack from behind.
• oetiti oasis (ENG).
• oi the very thing itself, the very person himself, one's self.
• oi n tatae torch for form of fishing called tatae ($onauti~).
• oi ni kibe torch of palm leaves for fishing called te kibe.
• oiaki new moon.
• oimatoa babai well matured.
• oimoa arrive first.
• oimwi come too late for.
• oioi large circumference as a coconut tree, or the bulb root of…
• oitangere slim as the lower part of the trunk of a tree in contrast…
• oitangore a fragile base <trunk>, thin, too weak in comparison with…
• oitoro unusually large round.
• oka rafter of a house.
• oka nako to hurl against, to jostle; to hurl oneself against, to…
• okai house for storing ripe coconuts.
• okaia store ripe coconuts in a house.
• okaoka fish.
• okatou to cut down pandanus fruit with long rod and blade.
• oke oak tree (ENG).
• oki chisel.
• okioki frequentative of oki.
• okiokira frequentative of okira.
• okira return to.
• okitaba return repeatedly.
• okitebo octavo (ENG).
• okitoba October (ENG).
• oko staff, cane, walking stick.
• okoro apart, separate, unlike, different.
• oma homer [Heb meas] (ENG).
• omaka grow up rapidly.
• omaoma frequentative of oma.
• omara of feeble momentum, slow growth.
• omarikaki
• omatata flash repeadly as lightning.
• omeka omega (ENG).
• omera omer [Heb dry meas] (ENG).
• on turtle.
• ona to paddle (a canoe, bark).
• onabiti species of sea urchin resembling violet slate pencil.
• onae small marine growth or animal like the reka.
• onaeara a fish.
• onako to depart by paddling.
• onamare fish.
• onanibwere onanibwerea: to make a notch or cut the end to join on…
• onaniwere mode of spliceing the ends of two sticks.
• onaniwerea splice sticks by cutting out a half of each for the sake of…
• onaona unevenn as land, or as a person's disposition.
• onatabu portion of a coral flat slightly raised.
• onatabuki raised up place or enclosure.
• onatabukibuki uneven, elevated a little in places, as the surface of the…
• onauti flying fish.
• one six, same as ono six.
• onea replace, fill as a vacantcy.
• oneai six, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels,…
• oneamwi substitute.
• oneamwina onea mwiu, onea mwim, onea mwina, oneamwira, etc.: to…
• oneung six in counting pandanus fruit.
• ong ongong: spongy.
• ong_ at the end of song; end, finished.
• onga soft or soggy as watery babai.
• onga n tari a sponge.
• ongantari sponge.
• ongaonga myth per. giant swallower of tree trunks.
• ongea regard, used generally with aki.
• ongeaba hear.
• ongeaki not recognized at first.
• ongira wring, blow or squeeze as the nose.
• ongo hear, obey.
• ongo tao knowledge by public divulgation, by rumours reported.
• ongong wisdom tooth.
• ongora listen, hearken.
• ongotaeka be obeydient.
• ongotao hear distressing news of a member of one's family when at a…
• oni kitiba cage for kitiba.
• onia high tide at new and full moon.
• onibora nasty, soft.
• onibua young coconut in the third stage.
• onika onycha [incense ingredient] (ENG).
• oniki onyx (ENG).
• onimaki faith, confidence, belief.
• onimakina have faith in, trust, believe in.
• oning awning, sail cloth, canvas.
• oningea fish.
• onionika frequentative of onika change repeatedly.
• onnon
• ono six always followed by a numeral suffix ua, man, nga, kai…
• onoati te tia Onoati: a star.
• onoba put forth a new leaf in exchange for a falling old leaf of…
• onobauta to change ligature, to change the...
• onobora crab when it has cast its crust-like shell.
• onobubua six hundred.
• onobwi sixty.
• onoea six million.
• onokai six in counting trees, fish-hooks, and sections of land.
• onokora six in counting baskets.
• onokuri six hundred thousand.
• onoman six in counting persons and animals.
• onomwi to replace.
• onon beg for in a very imploring manner, almost abjectly.
• ononga six thousand.
• onongaun sixty.
• ononia beseech, entreat imploringly.
• onorebu sixty thousand.
• onotabo ono-tabo: to change place.
• onotano sixty million.
• onoti enough, sufficient in quantity.
• onotoa Clark Island discovered in 1827 -- sit. in south of group.
• onotoki six hundred million.
• onoua six in counting things in general.
• onoung six in counting bunches of pandanus fruit.
• onra on-buaka: loaded badly, not well balanced, not filled…
• ontira full to overflowing, flowing over (liquid).
• ontiti full of..., covered with...
• ora shallow, shoal, not deep, low tide.
• oraba wide expanse uncovered at low tide. tide receding very far…
• oraitan horizon (ENG).
• oranako ebb as the tide.
• oraora eating fish raw.
• oraoranako frequentative of oranako.
• orata unusually wide flat.
• oratakaroro unusually low, or very low as the tide.
• oratiram goat fishh.
• ore name of land of crazy people.
• orea beat, strike.
• oreano general term for ballplaying.
• orian a plant, oleander.
• oriatita oleaster [ornamental shrub] (ENG).
• oriba te Oriba stars.
• orikinare original.
• orin work of binding dry leaves for torches.
• oriori indicating sup.
• oriwa olive (ENG).
• oro strike, hit.
• oro karababa to flatten out karababa.
• oro tenua a child's game.
• orobairi to hit the nose (of the loser in cards).
• oroben to make copra (split coconuts).
• orobiti drivee>ing nails.
• orobitia drive a nail into.
• oroboti a marine animal.
• orobuki a spanking, a flogging.
• oroku a shirt. (S.).
• oromaki give a blow gently.
• orona Hull Island in Phoenix group. Visited by Commodore Wilkes…
• oronibai to hit with hand.
• oroniwae to kick.
• ororea frequentative of orea.
• ororeano frequentative of oreano.
• ororo frequentative of fish with a seine and rai <fishing>.
• orotaba a slap in the face.
• orotai to beat time, to conduct singing (music).
• oroubu boxing, pugilism.
• ota light (opp of darkness).
• otaba marryy>ied woman in her prime.
• otabanina to surround, to encircle, to hem in, to gather around, to…
• otabaninia surround.
• otabu something tabooed and not to be taken.
• otabua
• otanga shield.
• otangana to protect, to shield by any protective object.
• otanna hosanna (ENG).
• otaota preparation of food, scraped coconut mixed with coconut…
• otaotanga frequentative of otanga shield.
• otaotangaki of various hues as the flesh of the ati.
• otarin to make torches of rin.
• otea fold.
• oti oats (ENG).
• otinako go out.
• otioti frequentative of oti.
• otiotinako frequentative of otinako.
• oto to break, to shatter, to smash, to bend.
• oto kuna to compose songs, poems.
• otoanene compose words to be set to music.
• otobai rheumatism in arm or hand.
• otobebe exaggerate.
• otobebea exaggerate, add to a story.
• otobibi (embellish around...) to exaggerate.
• otobina pre natal massage.
• otobwebwe to prune (branches).
• otokai revenge, compensation.
• otokuna compose a chant for the ruoia.
• otorake twisting a line with four strands.
• otorakea braid a line with four strands.
• otorao slandering or inventing evil storyies.
• otoriki broken, smashed in pieces.
• otorikia break into pieces as a stick.
• ototo breaking, folding or composeing.
• ototorao frequentative of otorao.
• otoua break in two as a stick.
• otowae rheumatism in joints of leg, foot, gout.
• ou stupid, demented, without intelligientce.
• ouru fish.