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835 Kiribati words

• ra what? (an interrogative pronoun following the noun).
• ra ni mate risk, peril of death, nearly dead, in danger of death.
• raba rubber (ENG).
• raba nako to leave secretly, to slip out, to steal away, to disappear…
• rababa broad.
• rababakaei wide, broad, very wide.
• rababaua spread out into thin plates.
• rabai
• rabakai skill, ingeniousness, competency.
• rabakau skillful, dextrous, adept, knowing and ready.
• rabakaunrang very skillful.
• rabana to take good care of.
• rabane nearly finished, nearly complete, almost done.
• rabangaki a sail made of horizontal strips.
• rabaraba the first or last in a line at the extreme right or left.
• rabaraba ni karawa horizon, just beyond the horizon.
• rabarabana to guard or watch over, to look out for.
• rabarabataki a rash, having skin covered with painful rash (caused by…
• rabarabati frequentative of rabati: to embrace.
• rabata to approach cautiously for the purpose of seizing.
• rabati to embrace, used with i.
• rabaua te aba Pole Starr.
• rabe a precipice, a bank, a steep place.
• rabebe sloping, slanting, declining as the sun.
• raben to increase in size perpendicularly as the batua when about…
• rabeniben frequentative of raben.
• rabete light, not heavy.
• rabeti nearly floating, almost buoyant.
• rabi bellying as a sail, indented as a coast, curved laterally.
• rabino a lewd game.
• rabinobino to roll over.
• rabirabi wide laterally as a coconut shell bottle.
• raboni raboni (HEB).
• rabono an eel, the.
• rabono te banga <-fis..
• rabonomai a white eel.
• rabononud an eel taken in an u.
• rabonotebanga Echidna zebra (ll).
• rabonotekabanga Echidna zebra (y).
• rabu to engage in tying coconut leaves around fruit-trees…
• rabu te kawa ni kai reservation, interdict under pain of curse.
• rabu te rang idem. under menace of going mad.
• rabu te tauti idem. under menace of swelling up.
• rabua to appropriate for personal use a fruit-tree by tying…
• rabuna to screen.
• rabungaoa to interrupt a person's conversation for the purpose of…
• raburabu renowned, famous, of note.
• raburabuna frequentative of rabuna.
• rabutekawanikai a coconut leaf charm, or fetish, of a certain style.
• rabuterang a certain style of the rabu.
• rabutetauti a certain style of the rabu.
• radma the outrigger side of a canoe.
• rae inclined, as the head, to one side.
• raea a lyre (ENG).
• raeaki a rent, a portion divided off.
• raeakina to share, to divide, to separate, to put in shares,…
• raeba to engage in stripping off coconut leaflets for obtaining…
• raebaea to strip a coconut tree of more or less of its leaves.
• raebai pull off wings and legs, etc.
• raebaia to tear off the wings.
• raebiti to pull to pieces, to tear in pieces.
• raebitia to tear in pieces.
• raebwebwe to engage in stripping off suckers or lateral sprouts.
• raebwebwea to strip off as suckers.
• raeing cracking, splitting, cracked, split.
• raemangao to engage in tearing to pieces.
• raemangaoa to tear to pieces a mat, or anything with the teeth as a…
• raemangoa to tear in every direction, in every way, to lacerate.
• raemenga broken, dislocated, torn, dismantled.
• raenen long and slim.
• raenoko to strip leaf part off noko.
• raerae fatally wounded.
• raeraea frequentative of raea.
• raeraeaki split, furrowed, crevassed, fissured.
• raereke very narrow, as cloth.
• raerereke very narrow, as cloth.
• raeroba coarse.
• raerua to wander to and fro, to lose one's way.
• raetara praise of a lover, in similitudes.
• raeten a mat whose strands are one third each of the width of the…
• raetenia to strip leaves into three parts.
• raetoba paleness or whiteness of nursing mothers, pale or sallow…
• raeua to tear in two long pieces.
• raewa split, cracked as a board.
• raewaewa split, cracked.
• raewanai a fish, the.
• raewani a fish (sting fish).
• rai a plank, a board, a mat-covering for a native oven, a sort…
• rai aba exchange of land.
• rai ara exchange of names.
• rai n aka a layer of oil or soapy water, oily layer.
• raia to spread over, to take of possession of land as growth.
• raian a lion (ENG).
• raibaenata to fish with the aid of a baenata.
• raibane a smaller mat used in completing.
• raibanta to hunt in a party.
• raibwe to turn the helm to steer.
• raibwebwe opening out as an ear of grain.
• raieta the upper breadth of a sail.
• raim lime. (ENG).
• raimenga raggy, shabby, worn, faded.
• rain a line (ENG).
• rainako rai nako: to go in line, one after another, to march in…
• rainanoanga pining away from sadness, prolonged state of melancholy,…
• rainaroti lign-aloes (ENG).
• rainatirati a rhinoceros (ENG).
• rainging to throb, as with pain in the head.
• raio the passover.
• raiokioki to go back and forth, to and fro.
• raira to turn over, to turn.
• rairai to fish by turning over stones.
• rairaira frequentative of raira.
• rairairiontai Nei Rairai...: a kind of kabubu <fish>.
• rairaka to turn against, to take a dislike to..., to turn and fall…
• rairaki to turn the head, to turn around to see..., to face.
• rairaki ni man an attitude, a pose in dance.
• rairua
• raita a lighter, flat-top barge, pontoon (ENG).
• raitaeka raira te taeka: translation.
• raitara to change aspect, to change...
• raiti rice (ENG).
• raiti ni bure (joyous glittering) Coma Berenice's Constellation.
• raititi to glitter as a sword.
• raiwa a pimple.
• raka to increase.
• raka nako going on increasing, augmenting, surpassing, spreading out,…
• raka rake increase (on the top, towards the top).
• rakai a coral shoal in a lagoon.
• rakaraka to be engaged in measuring by pacing.
• rakarake an increase.
• rakata to measure by hand or steps.
• rakatitira to transgress all interdicts.
• rakatua to transgress, to leave aside.
• rakaua to have illicit intercourse.
• rake up.
• rakea to initiate a new or second form of incantation.
• rakerake to spread about as an odor.
• rako to take care of, to care.
• rakon a dragon (ENG).
• rakoro to pass near by.
• rakoroa to pass very near to.
• raku a fish, the.
• raku bakabane spear fishh.
• raku ika spear fishh.
• raku riri <fish> marlin.
• rakubakabanei Teptaturus angustirostris (ll).
• rakubani a fish, the.
• rakuika a fish, the.
• rakuiri Istiophorus (ll).
• rakunene the God of impurity. seducer of Nei Karua, native of…
• rakuori logwoodd (ENG).
• rakuriri Istiophorus platypterus (istiophoridae).
• rama an outrigger.
• ramanako projecting far out as the gable roof af a house called…
• ramanakoa to enlarge a house by extending further out the gable roof.
• ramane any string, ribbon, garland worn as bandoleer, sash.
• ramarama to secure an outrigger from a drift log.
• ramaramaaine to draw very near to a woman.
• ramauna nearly out of sight, disappearing.
• ramauoua Scaridae.
• ran fresh water, sap, juice.
• rana to be on very familiar terms.
• ranaba a slice of land granted to a younger brother.
• rananoa to bear much in mind an object to be obtained.
• ranea faint, or languishing through want of food.
• raneanea resplendent.
• ranebonebo shining as as one anointed with oil, bright, polished.
• ranene having large meshes as a scoop-net.
• rang crazy, insane, lascivious, blighted or abnormal in growth.
• ranga cranky, as a craft.
• ranga ni bau a snare in form of loop.
• ranga ni kamaimai to sail with balance above surface.
• ranga ni keti to sail with balance coming up and down.
• ranga ni wae the entire leg plus foot.
• ranga ri ana to capsize (outrigger going down and passing under (ri ana).
• ranga tataro a canoe with kiaro too short, zigzagging.
• rangaie to sail about as a fleet of canoes.
• rangamenga bandy legged, twisted legs.
• ranganako to capsize, to turn over completely.
• ranganikaba having unusually long legs.
• ranganikamamai to sail for quite a distance with the outrigger out of…
• ranganiketi to sail with the outrigger rising and falling while out of…
• rangaranga to reel to and fro, to be crank.
• rangarangata frequentative of rangata.
• rangarangataki a nervous trembling.
• rangarangatau a miniature racing canoe of a certain style.
• rangariana to capsize to windward.
• rangata to hasten.
• rangatabara bow-legged.
• rangataki (1) to walk quickly, to hurry.
• rangatataro spoken of a canoe the sticks or poles of which, holding the…
• rangibungea (or nagibungea) (S.) umbrella.
• rangirang crazy.
• ranikai fish.
• ranimauna an old coconut without milk, in the 10th stage.
• raniwi birthday, celebrating the birth.
• rannake a layer of oil or soapy water.
• rannano dreams, day dream, wishes, secret desires, wishful thinking.
• rannanoa to desire, to long for.
• ranni the water in a ripe coconut.
• ranniben milk made from scraped coconut and water.
• rannikinaka provideng but scanty milk, as a breast.
• rannimamma milk.
• rannimata a tear.
• rannoa dirty water, washing-up water, washing water, suds, etc.
• ranran juicy, full of sap.
• ranti a lance (ENG).
• rantia to consider a thing as to the ways and means of procuring…
• rantiture longitude (ENG).
• rantituri longitude (ENG).
• rao phantom, spectre, apparition, chimera, fiction.
• rao ni kie companion of sleeping mat, bed fellow.
• raobani a fish, a variety of the bara.
• raobano a fish (Bara sp.).
• raoi peace.
• raoiakina to make peace.
• raoiroi good, righteous, excellent, well, allright, right.
• raona to associate with, to hold as a friend.
• raorao to be in fellowship, to associate (preceded by i).
• raoraona frequentative of raona.
• raori a rod, 16 12 feet (ENG).
• rabaro a covering over, covering nearly all over.
• rara blood, rust, the menses.
• rarabakau generally skillful, skillful in many ways.
• rarabino frequentative of rabino.
• rarabu strong as a stick.
• rarabuabua soiled with blood.
• rarabuareare burning with rage.
• rara to lean against.
• rarae Riru ma Rarae: a constellation.
• raraeba frequentative of raeba.
• raraebiti to tear.
• raraeua to lie restlessly.
• rarai a section of a bunch of bananas.
• raraia to have a special relish for, as an invalid.
• raraibewa to writhe in pain.
• raraikumea to keep on coming back to annoy.
• rarakanako to increase in size by spreading.
• rarakaua frequentative of rakaua.
• rarakiriki to recline on the side and elbow.
• raran leaky.
• raranako leaning as a tree away from a house, fallen as a tree.
• rarang leaking or running out.
• raranga to braid a mat, to weave.
• rarangaie frequentative of rangaie: to sail about as a fleet of…
• raranginako to desert in numbers to an enemy.
• rarangirang insane at intervals, often crazy.
• rarango constant and steady, as the trade wind.
• rarantuatua very leaky.
• raraoi the plural form of raoiroi.
• raraoiakina frequentative of raoiakina.
• raraoma anxious, solicitous, sorry, sad.
• raraomaeakina to be sorry or anxious about.
• rarario to descend as a bird.
• rarati fully satisfied, fully distended as the stomach.
• rarau to swoon from sickness or accident.
• rarauaki satisfied, having had enough food.
• raraure frequentative of raure: separated.
• rarawa frequentative of rawa: to refuse.
• rarawekai to engage in waiting upon or serving or securing food for…
• rarawekaia to secure or procure food for one's self and family.
• rarawerawe frequentative of rawerawe.
• rarawerewea frequentative of rawerawe.
• rariki side.
• rarikin larrikin, hero of story, a beggar, tramp, destitute,…
• rarikina to carry on the hip, as a child astride the hip, or as a…
• rarikiriki the reclining on the side and elbow.
• raro dark or black leaves <leaf> for weaving designs in mats.
• raroa far away in place, distant.
• raroaki fair, moderate and constant as a wind.
• raroakinokino very far off in place.
• rarua to scratch.
• ratabito flag, pennant, colours attached to mast of canoe.
• ratei a sail with breadths running up and down.
• rateturi latitude (ENG).
• rato a testicle.
• rau comfortable, quiet, undisturbed, placid.
• rauaki satisfied, having had enough food.
• rauakina content, satisfied (food, amusement, etc.).
• rauara the smooth side of pandanus leaf stripped off (used as…
• rauatei vertical strips in sail.
• raubaba board, plank.
• raubani a large fish.
• raubara garfish <fish>.
• raumea a sieve, a strainer, often made of in, the fiber which…
• raun a kind of fish-hook made of mother-of-pearl.
• raun ma baeao a constellation.
• rauna to cover with rau (thatch).
• raunene wet by a shower.
• rauno half-withered palm leaves attached to ends of fishing net…
• rauno ni bai (probably) wrist.
• raurau a plate, a platter.
• raurau ni bai the back of hand, a measure, the length of a hand.
• raurau ni mata eyelid.
• raurau ni wae the sole of foot.
• rauraua to place food on a plate or platter.
• rauraunibai the back of the hand.
• raurauniwae the upper side of the foot.
• raure separated, as husband and wife.
• raurekana separated, as husband and wife.
• raureure opening and shutting as the half of a coconut leaf mat in…
• rautara to engage in stripping off the thorns on the edge of the…
• rautari water for rinsing after bathing in salt-water.
• rautaria to rinse.
• rauti a plant Palm Lily.
• rawa to refuse.
• rawaki the Phoenix Islands (te aono ni Rawaki).
• rawana to make a passage, an opening, to pierce through.
• rawarawa a channel or groove in the ocean reef.
• rawariki idem. recent or incomplete channel.
• rawata a wounded one.
• rawati a kind of garret or attic in a dwelling, kind of shelf for…
• rawawata heavy in weight, heavy hearted, sad.
• rawe prehension, gripping, rapture.
• rawe kai to seek, to provide food (product of trees).
• rawea to take, to lay hold of, to seize, to grab, procure.
• raweaba rawea te aba: to try to find land.
• rawebai to seek, to procure, to seize what one wants.
• raweiria family feast the third day after the death of a relative.
• rawekai to be busy procuring food.
• rawerawe to be busy procuring food.
• raweraweaba to grope in the dark.
• re character.
• rea to mix liquids.
• rebari a leopard (ENG).
• rebe the lid of the eye.
• rebe n nano an impatient movement, outburst of anger, of irritation, to…
• rebe nako to be out of joint, dislocated, forced out of place.
• reben a raven (ENG).
• rebenako parting by pressure, as a single pandanus fruit from the…
• rebenimata an eyelid.
• rebera a leper (ENG).
• reberake turbulence, petulance.
• rebeta a farthing (GR).
• rebetoko trouble maker.
• rebetunga meddlesome.
• rebu ten thousand.
• rebua to enter upon, to do.
• reburebu frequentative of rebu: to be engaged in.
• rebutata to be busy at.
• rebutonga always gallivanting, roaming around for something or other.
• rebutongaia go depart.
• rebwe to explode, to detonate.
• rebwerebwe to crackle, to tick, to rattle as thunder.
• rebwetata to explode repeatedly as fire crackers, to crackle.
• rebwtunga to meddle with, to disturb.
• rei to skip or bound as a porpoise.
• reia a grove, a cluster of trees or plants.
• reia ni keang a space covered with keang...
• reiango a tree, the.
• reianikeang a large stretch of growth of the keang [var. of seaweed].
• reiati a fish, the.
• reiawawa a fish, the.
• reiba Acanthurus nigroris (y).
• reibangiti a fish, the.
• reibanite a fish.
• reibu a fish, the.
• reibu tokotoko demoiselle fishh.
• reibutababa a fish, the.
• reibutokotoko Abudefduf glaucus (ll).
• reikabu a fish hook of wood for shark fishing.
• reimaurua to toss as a craft.
• reinria a reindeer (ENG).
• reirei very ( used after maiu).
• reireia to instruct, to teach.
• reireina to teach, to instruct.
• reireita to make a fine fish-line by tying single coconut-husk…
• reireiti a fish-line of a certain make.
• reita to connect, to join.
• reitana to go above..., to travel above...
• reiti lace.
• reka (1) roughness, unevenness, sharp point, piquant, stump,…
• rekaatibu a reka not hollow.
• rekanonae a percussion cap for the musket onae.
• reke to be obtained, caught, secured, gotten.
• reke n aki barely held,... obtained.
• reke n rawa particular friendship.
• reke n timurua dawdling.
• rekebiri a sand bank between water (reke bike).
• rekebuta loitering here and there, delaying.
• rekemaumau retarded indefinitely.
• rekenibai food for guests.
• rekenibaia to take along in the hand as food to be used during…
• rekenibong anniversary, birthday.
• rekenikai chastisement, punishment.
• rekennano cordial attachment, agreement, attachment, friendship.
• rekeon legion (GR).
• rekereke entangled, caught here and there as a fish-line.
• rekerua entangled.
• reketa to call to mind, or ponder on an injury.
• reketabuki delaying to return.
• reketakomkom held very slightly.
• reketamwere to delay, to loiter, to dawdle.
• reketati to be caught, held, taken in a difficulty, accident,…
• reketau reasonable hold up, arrest by police.
• reketaua to take and hold.
• reketira to be mixed up in an affair, to be included, caught amongst…
• reketua act of being caught, hooked, held, just a little, barely.
• rekewaka to delay a long time, to take up abode.
• rekimoa a fish, sea bass.
• rem
• reman a lemon (ENG).
• reme narrow in width.
• remon lemon (ENG).
• remrem to gather,... glean.
• ren name of a tree, the.
• rena to visit a land as a first party or company.
• renaba a stage of the moon just after the full.
• renaua to make a space between.
• renga red cloth.
• rengana to mix dry substances.
• rengarenga to paint red.
• rengerenge long or extending as a branch.
• rentire a lentil (ENG).
• rera stuttering, lisping of children (for stuttering of adults…
• rere to dart quickly.
• rere n timurua to saunter, to stroll, to dawdle here and there.
• rerea to ward off a weapon thrust at one.
• rereaua to be constantly on the go.
• rereauti to move restlessly about, to be on the go.
• rereba a fish, the.
• rerebakara to fall quickly on..., to pounce upon...
• rerebatabaniban a fish, the.
• rerebaua to wander here and there, to roam about, to flit about, to…
• rerebetunga to borrow without asking.
• rerebu to move rapidly hither and thither.
• rerebun same meaning as rere and rerebu but used for several, a…
• rerei good, excellent.
• rereiati abounding in reiati.
• rereirei frequentative of reirei.
• rereireina frequentative of reireina.
• rereka bloated.
• rerekanako much bloated.
• rereke frequentative of reke.
• rerekenibai frequentative of rekenibai.
• rereketabuki delaying to return.
• rerekoti a fish.
• rerena frequentative of rena.
• rereta bloated.
• rereti to be suspicious.
• rereua a wilderness.
• reta a letter, an epistle (ENG).
• reti a race, the descendants of a common ancestor (ENG).
• retireti (N.) star of Scorpio constellation.
• rewaite a Levite (ENG).
• rewarewa (S.).
• rewi a Levite (ENG).
• ri a bone, a principal straight mark in tattoo.
• ri n aku vertebrae, spinal vertebrae.
• ri n ika fish bones.
• ri n nano n ranga pelvic bone.
• ri n tuabon part of sacrum bone.
• ri ni baba chest bone.
• ri ni babati hip bone.
• ri ni bai finger bone, phalanx.
• ri ni bairi bone of nose, nasal bone, cartilage.
• ri ni bakoa spine.
• ri ni bareke clavicle, collar bone.
• ri ni bebe iliac, hip bone, ilium.
• ri ni buare rib bones of fish.
• ri ni buki coccyx. lower end of spine.
• ri ni buki n anga shoulder blade.
• ri ni kamea hip bone (part of hip).
• ri ni kaokao ribs.
• ri ni ki extremely thin, living skeleton, lean, emaciated.
• ri ni kinati fibula.
• ria a lip.
• ria marawa to take a bad turn at sea, on canoe.
• ria n ewekia nickname, fig. mouse pouncing on..., by hidden ways and…
• ria nako
• riaboro the devil (GR).
• riai becoming, fit, proper, suitable.
• riakatoa to share the haul taken in fishing, several on same canoe…
• riaki to tack ship.
• riakimoromoro to make short tacks.
• riakina to tack.
• riakitoauea a mode of fishing on a canoe with a fishhook in which the…
• riamaewe a stranger, or one seen occasionally.
• riamarawa to voyage.
• riamauna appearing and disappearing in the distance.
• rianako surpassing, superior, greater in excellence.
• rianau long, as a craft, or a man.
• rianibai to grow virulent, to fester.
• rianikai to pass under trees, through woodland.
• rianna to journey on foot, to go by land.
• rianoti llanos in Venezuela (SPA).
• riao exceeding, surpassing.
• riaoa to pass over, to overstep, to clear.
• riaonikai ririaonikaia: to surmount difficulty, to overcome…
• riara very great, exceeding.
• riaria to come in sight, as a ship.
• riatine having a drooping lower lip.
• riba crowded.
• riba n amwi fruit (of bunch) or coconut deformed by pressure.
• riba n taitai shavings (wood).
• riba ni kai tree wedged, trees rubbing together.
• ribaba collected close together.
• ribabati agglomeration, crowd, accumulation.
• ribaberiki a republic (ENG).
• ribabetanga crowded, compressed, wedged between, amongst.
• ribabui Acanthurus aliala (ll).
• ribabwi a fish, surgeon fish.
• ribabwibwi a fish, the.
• ribaeai young coconut tree (bigger than uto).
• ribaietan a leviathan (ENG).
• ribakatawa a fish, the.
• ribakuia a fish, the.
• ribamai of light complexion.
• ribana to till.
• ribanamwi a coconut which is small because crowded by the adjoining…
• ribano frankincense (GR).
• ribanono closely packed or crowded as a room.
• ribantaitai chips.
• ribanti a fish, surgeon fish.
• ribaoraia a fish, the.
• ribaroro a fish, surgeon fish.
• ribata to set a bone with splints, to mend a broken stick by…
• ribatanin a fish, the.
• ribataukarawa a fish, the.
• ribatua tibia, shin bone.
• ribaura of a ruddy complexion.
• riberetino the libertines (ENG).
• ribeu having a tumor or swelling at the lower end of the spine.
• ribeubeu
• ribinano to meddle.
• ribinanoa to meddle with.
• ribineue facility to learn, good memory.
• ribinewe quick to learn.
• ribita to take as fruit with a pole.
• ribitau a gum-boil.
• riboieta a doll carved in wood.
• ribono near together, as pickets in a fence.
• ribonobono close.
• riboriki leaving in great offence, greatly miffed.
• ribu very fine coral mud.
• ribuaka unjust, unkind, unaccomodating.
• riburibu thoroughly pulverized coral, it abounds in the lagoons.
• riburibu n ainiku (1) a species of octopus with tentacles easily broken. fis.
• riebu a fish.
• riena a scoop-net.
• rierake to go or pass up, to ascend.
• rierakea to ascend.
• rieta to go by land.
• rietata tall, high, lofty.
• rika a wooden needle for braiding nets.
• rikai to pass this way.
• rikaki to turn back, to return, to quit, to go home, to desert.
• rikakina to return to.
• rikan a deacon (ENG).
• rikaua to break off an engagement as a woman.
• rike a leek (ENG).
• rikea to pass where (interrogative).
• riki again, in addition, following an adjective it gives the…
• riki n te aba name of first creatures created with Riki. (myth.).
• riki ni beti a pandanus tree grown from beti not from cutting.
• rikia the residence of one's ancestors.
• rikiantababa a variety of babai.
• rikiatababa (1) a species of taro with shoots all around.
• rikibuaka not developing well as fruit.
• rikimate unfruitful, not bearing fruit.
• rikirake to grow up.
• rikiriki an adverbial intensive suffix.
• rikitemanna an only child, an only begotten.
• riko stored up, put away.
• rikoa to pick up.
• rikorikoa frequentative of rikoa.
• riku a vine, the.
• rikuma to roll, to wrap, to fold (clothes, mats), to close…
• rikuri a degree (ENG).
• rim a ream (ENG).
• rima lap-streaked, thicker than the adjoining plank.
• rima n nano intimate agreement, perfect understanding.
• rima n nanoa to love, to make love with one accord.
• rimai a fish, the.
• rimarima to care well for as children.
• rimoa to go before.
• rimoa n rara myth. pers. who saw or shed the first blood.
• rimwi to go afterward.
• rimwimata Cor scorpionis, summer.
• rimwimata ni meang a star. Arcturus of Bootes.
• rin to wane as the moon.
• rin te koro ni bai bone of wrist (Carpalcubital).
• rin te wae tibia.
• rina the larvae from which lice apring.
• rinaba the spine.
• rinamate sickly, invalided.
• rinan a row, a rank, a pile, a line.
• rinanganibai humerus bone.
• rinanginiba a large rock on the land.
• rinano humble, low.
• rinanoa to revise, to check, to reconsider, to re-examine (an…
• rinanobarabara low as a tree or house.
• rinarina abounding in the nits of lice as the hair.
• rine to exceed, to excel, to be superior, to pass beyond, to…
• rine i eta
• rinea to select.
• rineieta higher, tall, lofty, famous.
• rinen linen (ENG).
• rinerine to engage in selecting, to be partial.
• rinerinea frequentative of rinea.
• ring sunburned.
• ringa to feel of, to handle, to touch.
• ringiring eaves.
• ringiringi edge of roof (where thatch is cut), lean to, guttering;.
• ringongo to snore, to blow as a whale.
• ringongorake sniffling, snuffling, snivelling, snorting.
• ringoungou to hanker after as food set aside against a time of need.
• ringoungoua to persistently long for, as food set aside against time of…
• rinibareke the clavicle, the collar bone.
• rinibebe the hip bone, the upper part of the pelvis at the side.
• rinibuare a fish's ribs.
• rinika blighted or defective, as the kernel of a young coconut.
• rinikaokao a rib.
• rino rinorino, berino: finicky, hard to please, very meticulous,…
• rinoa a large baurua.
• rinobarabara very low.
• rinonikai Kyphosus (kyphosidae).
• rinorino particularity, preciseness, exactness.
• rinorinoa to make or do with great care.
• rinrin frequentative of rin.
• rintuabon a certain bone of the body, the.
• rio composed, originated as the words of a song.
• riokanikai to expose oneself to danger.
• ripa Acanthurus bleekeri (acanthuridae) A. mata.
• ripatanin Acanthurus lineatus (acanthuridae).
• riri a skirt, a skirt fringe of split coconut leaves, the usual…
• riri ni man flute, reed, tube, hollow bone, feather, straw.
• riria to adorn a garment with a ruffle.
• ririabakawai to go at fixed times.
• ririabakawaia to visit a place at regular intervals.
• ririai frequentative of riai: very proper.
• ririaki to tack.
• ririakina frequentative of riakina: to tack.
• ririb(a rocky soil.
• ririba frequentative of riba: to habitually have a dislike for, to…
• riribai to be in the mood of disliking or hating.
• riribono closely set as the pickets of a fence.
• riribuki the half of a ripe coconut opposite the eyes.
• riribukia to reject as food the outer half of a coconut when it has…
• ririe sandbank or reef in lagoon.
• ririere to put on consequential airs.
• ririerere frequentative of ririere.
• ririeta plural of rietata.
• ririka wakeful.
• ririkaki frequentative of rikaki: to return, to retire.
• ririkana having a capricious appetite.
• ririkaua inconstant, fickle.
• ririkewe last piece of kernel in coconut shell.
• ririki a year.
• ririkirake to continue to increase.
• ririko a tooth of the porpoise, strung on a necklace.
• ririkoa frequentative of rikoa.
• ririkororo to wear a skirt with a long fringe, to go long skirted.
• ririmarai clothed with a riri with a long fringe.
• ririmaranga
• ririmarena a thinly braided riri often worn by girls.
• ririmoa to go on before.
• ririmwi frequentative of rimwi.
• riringa clear sunlight, sunshine.
• ririniman a hollow stick or bird's bone for sucking up a drink,.
• ririnimania to sip with a ririniman.
• ririokanikai to expose to danger, to punishment, to face danger.
• riritang a crack in a callous sole.
• riritinga frequentative of ritinga: to keep up a slow fire on the…
• riro a fish, the.
• riro ni kai a fish (in shoals), rudder fish.
• rirongo a variety of coral.
• rironikai a fish, the.
• riru ma rarae a constellation.
• ritang the innermost part of the husk of the bunia not chewed, the…
• ritangia to lament greatly over a thing stolen.
• ritani litany (ENG).
• ritanin a species of grass, the.
• ritari to go by way of the sea.
• ritemba December (ENG).
• riti a wick.
• ritinga cooked to cinders.
• ritoro a roll of pan leaves.
• ritorona to roll, or make into a roll, pan leaves.
• ro salary, sustenance, a living.
• ro ni kiri a dog chain, lasso (used formerly to entangle and trip…
• roa a fish, the.
• roaroa frequentative of roa.
• roaroa nako lengthened out, spread out, spreading out in distance.
• roata a centipede.
• roatana to make a raft of ripe coconuts or firewood for the purpose…
• roba a very coarse mat made of the pan leaf.
• robaki a roebuck (ENG).
• robaroba to shake as a sail when not full.
• robitara separated as husband and wife.
• robu a foreign rope of manila or hemp (ENG).
• robuna to lash, to scourge.
• robung enclosed as the sides of a house with mats.
• robungia to screen, to fuenish with mat-curtains.
• roio lawyer, advocate, clever talker, able to convince, discuss,…
• roka a log (measure) (ENG).
• rokati a locust (ENG).
• rokea a fish, the.
• rokeatau a species of shark with pointed snout.
• roki a curtain, a screen, a partition.
• rokia to screen or furnish with mat curtains.
• rokirokia frequentative of rokia.
• roko to come, to arrive.
• rokomaon intermittent visits, rare visits, irregular visits (not…
• rokou the logos, the word (GR).
• romatoa fixed in one place of abode.
• ron (used only in compound words) mronron, tironron, karonron,…
• ron rimwimata stars of Scorpion under Antares.
• rona to reef, to make smaller.
• rongo famine.
• rongoa to be disturbed by a noise.
• rongorongo news.
• roni kama stars a <alpha> and b <beta> of Centaur.
• ronikama name of a certain star.
• roro the spathe of a coconut tree when open, the open spathe…
• roro n tika the bloom of youth.
• roroa the neck.
• rorobuaka an able-bodied man.
• rorobungia frequentative of robungia.
• roroko a large were.
• rorokoti a fish, the.
• roron to make smaller (used in the plural).
• roronabawe much older than another.
• roronga an unmarried man of any age.
• roroningkoangkoa one much older.
• rorouba to boast, to strut.
• roroutake pretentious boasting.
• rota to reach.
• rotabonati too dark to sail with safety amid shoals.
• rotario Rosary (ENG).
• rotati lotus (ENG).
• rotem a juniper (HEB).
• roti a rose (ENG).
• roti.1 Pseuderanthemum carruthersii Seem. (z).
• rotintin a kind of skirt (tuntun).
• rotiwori rosewood (ENG).
• roto damp, water-soaked.
• rotongitong very dark.
• rotouea fertile rich soil.
• rotu the spider shell-fish.
• rou a fish, the.
• roua oro-ua.
• rouai to tie with double cord, string.
• roubaneawa a fish, the.
• rouia to serve a person by pulling out scattering gray hairs.
• roukin perfume.
• rourou to dig up babai.
• routa to dig up as a root of babai.
• rouwi to draw, to extract teeth.
• rrrebetunga to borrow without asking.
• ru doubled as a coconut.
• rua to change, to alter, to succeed, to take the place of.
• rua n nano bewilderment, astonishment, stupefaction, surprise, mental…
• rua ni kai exposed to danger, in danger of possible mishap.
• ruaai
• ruaba nine, used in counting leaves.
• ruabubua nine hundred.
• ruabwi ninety.
• ruaea nine million.
• ruai nine, used in counting tobacco sticks, hardware, chests,…
• ruaiua nine, in counting things in general.
• ruakai nine, used in counting trees, plants, sections of land,…
• ruakora nine, used in counting baskets.
• ruakuri nine, hundred thousand.
• ruamakana soft, flattening by its own weight, as moist tangauri.
• ruaman nine, used in counting persons and animals.
• ruamatoa retaining its form in a loaf, as tangauri, with little…
• ruamwi to take the place of.
• ruamwia to take the place of.
• ruanga nine thousand, nine in counting fathoms.
• ruangaun ninety, used in counting when ua is not used in the digits.
• ruanibenu a small pit or cistern in which to soften coconut fiber.
• ruanikai exposed to danger, liable to accident.
• ruanimate a grave.
• ruanuna a special kind of fish net.
• ruarao nine, used in counting layers.
• ruarebu ninety thousand.
• ruarua abounding in babai pits.
• ruatano ninety million.
• ruatao several storeys high, storeyed, heaped up.
• ruatara when a person fails to arrive on the appointed day, the day…
• ruatatara want of harmony, symmetry, not matching.
• ruatoki nine hundred million.
• ruatu a large fish-pond trap of stone wall.
• ruaung nine, used in counting pandanus fruit.
• rube a ruby (ENG).
• rubeirubei te nang (1) frightening position of whale having whole forefront…
• ruberube to beat as the pulse, to throb, to wink.
• ruberube n taninga ear ring pendant.
• rubetakitaki to spasmidically twitch, as a muscle.
• rue rue (ENG).
• rueki last vertebrae of spine.
• ruku a vine resembling the morning-glory.
• rukuma to fold, or wrap up.
• rumarang a wide canoe.
• rume variable, up and down, spark appearing and disappearing,…
• rung giving pleasure as the odor of good mature oil, fine as the…
• runga assembled, collected.
• rungata assembly of long duration.
• rungurung frequentative of rung.
• ruo to descend, to come or go down.
• ruoa to pour out for the purpose of mixing.
• ruobeku to beat unmercifully.
• ruoia heathen chanting accompanied with gestures, slaps, and…
• ruoikabuti a fish, the.
• ruomakana to become less thick, more liquid.
• ruomarakerake to be fickle minded or inconstant in one's regard.
• ruomatoa getting thicker, thickening.
• ruona to descend to.
• ruonako abundant, great, much.
• ruonamaiawa an adjective descriptive of a person with a red face or…
• ruoruo to explode with a loud noise.
• rura ruler, foot rule (ENG).
• ruru to tremble.
• rurua n nano inconstance, frivolity, whim.
• ruruai abundant as bunches or clusters of nuts on a coconut tree.
• ruruanano inconstant, fickle minded.
• rurubaro a spinningtop made of a bulging broad half coconut-shell.
• rurubene assistants or helpers of tia ototo.
• rurubenebene to tremble greatly.
• ruruberube frequentative of ruberube.
• rurumangai chattering of teeth.
• rurung to be on the move, as many people.
• rurunga to roar, to roll or rumble as of thunder.
• rurunginako flight, rout, scattering of crowd, flying for life.
• ruruo a canoe made of hollowed-out tree trunk <dugout>.
• ruruoia frequentative of ruoia.
• ruruomarakerake frequentative of ruomarakerake.
• ruruon to return from the weather or ocean side.
• ruruonako frequentative of ruonako: very abundant.
• rurururu frequentative of ruru.
• rurutei steep-roofedd, cone-like, as a certain half coconut-shell.
• rute duty, tribute (ENG).
• ruwa to go by water.
• ruwaeakina to go to, to arrive at by way of sea, to sail towards...