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1,785 Kiribati words

• ta tar, paint (ENG).
• taa to smooth off, to remove roughness, to trim.
• taba the blossom of the pan.
• tababa a species of shark, the.
• tabaeko Fistularia petimba (Fistulariida).
• tabaitera uneven, having one part larger than the other, one sided.
• tabaka to snap at as a dog, to kick as a horse.
• tabakea shell turtle, the egg of a roach.
• tabakeaua a person well to do.
• tabakeauea the king of proud men.
• tabaketani (ara) Sabachthani (ENG).
• tabakia a species of kabubu <fish>.
• tabakiakia dazzling beauty, magnificent appearance.
• tabakurakura bushy, puffed, overflowing, spreading out on all sides as…
• tabanako to slip off or away, as the foot or hand.
• tabaneaki a fishing net (short with stake at each end) (S.).
• tabaneki a scoop-net for taking the aua.
• tabanga spread out on show, for public use, handed over for public…
• tabangaka tabangaka:: to spread out, to put on show, to hand over to…
• tabaniban a sea slug. <more correctly, a sea cucumber>.
• tabanikai fully armed, carrying several deadly weapons.
• tabanin appearing distinctly as a coral isle at see, seen as a…
• tabaninia to eat food in common.
• tabanou the stem and stern of a canoe.
• tabanouniwae the patella.
• tabanura unbound as the base of the ari.
• tabanure spathe of coconut with twigs pointed.
• tabaokioki to be moved backwards and forwards, to go to and fro, to…
• tabaong name of village of foolish people near Bikenibeu.
• tabaota Sabaoth (HEB).
• tabara to spread apart or crook as the legs.
• tabarabara frequentative of tab'ara.
• tabaraereke flying fishh.
• tabaranga tabaranga: to hinder or get hindered by another's legs, to…
• tabarangaea to trip.
• tabarara disaccord, misunderstanding between persons.
• tabare to meddle.
• tabarea to meddle with, to disturb.
• tabarebare frequentative of tabare.
• tabarekai diligent, prompt at work.
• tabaretua to meddle with, to disturb, to trouble.
• tabariku large clouds covering sky. (N).
• tabaro the cheek-bone.
• tabaroro cloudy.
• tabarua tabaruarua bristling <bristle> all over.
• tabaruku unsettled as the weather, squally.
• tabarukuruku having a rainy aspect.
• tabataba the edible part of the pandanus fruit.
• tabati the sabbath (ENG).
• tabatibutibu covered with swellings, uneven, bumpy (ground, surface).
• tabatoatoa having ridges or uneven places as a spot on which one is…
• tabatoutou to toss about as a craft.
• tabaua foolish, idiotic.
• tabaura a rainbow.
• tabauraura red or pink cloud over horizon at sunrise or sunset…
• tabe busy, engaged, employed.
• tabea bewildered at sea.
• tabeaianga full of care, having much to look after.
• tabeataei to act as foster parent.
• tabeatu an incantation for the dead.
• tabeba some, used in speaking of leaves.
• tabebaea to turn the leaves as of a book, to gather a few pan leaves…
• tabeibeti to hover.
• tabeiro a sapphire (GR).
• tabeitera lop sided, badly balanced (canoe, basket, kite, etc.).
• tabeka to lift up, to take up.
• tabekai some, referring to trees and objects, counted with the…
• tabekanatu a posthumous incantation, a fetish.
• tabekantabo a welcome offering to a guest, to a spirit (anti).
• tabeman some, several, a few, referring to animate objects.
• tabemang some, referring to persons.
• tabemania to go or do one by one, severally.
• tabemoa the one who starts off, begins.
• tabera the upper portion as the leaves nad branches.
• taberaitiai magic necklace garland with uri flowers at seven different…
• taberamae indicating dispersion or return to homes.
• taberamaiu having a vigorous top, as a tree or plant.
• taberamate having a dying top, as a tree or plant.
• taberamatoa not yet, or slow in bearing fruit, as the pan.
• taberanikai kabubu mixed with coconut.
• taberanrongorongo to bring or impart news.
• tabernibou top angle of sail.
• taberon saffron (ENG).
• taberua occupied, very busy.
• tabetabe to engage in carrying, to repeatedly carry.
• tabetabeka frequentative of tabeka.
• tabetai sometimes.
• tabetea to touch, to work, to do lightly, to glide over.
• tabetinako to pass away as a cloud, to pass as a shower at a distance.
• tabetirake to rise up as smoke or a cloud at a distance.
• tabetoa Protestant Communion service.
• tabeua some, several, a few, referring to inanimate objects.
• tabeuta to break into small pieces as food.
• tabia sapphire, ear ring, jewellery, etc. (ENG).
• tabio the piece of forked timber in which oar rudder of canoe…
• tabiria to put through mincer.
• tabiro sprained as the ankle.
• tabitabita to change (bita), turn an accusation against others…
• tabiteuea the longest island in Gilbert group. Discovered by Bishop…
• tabo a place, end, point, extremity.
• tabo n newe (1) tip of tongue.
• tabo n ora shallow place, extremity of foreshore.
• tabo n ritinga (1) wisp of smouldering husk, charcoal.
• tabo n taeka agreement, understanding.
• tabo n tanga to be as united as a couple, intimate friendship, to treat…
• tabo ni bara detached piece of land at end of island.
• tabo ni bata neighbour.
• tabo ni kai a small piece of timber, wood.
• tabo ni kiko clitoris (anat.).
• tabo onaona half mad person.
• taboa to call, to mention.
• taboaba rich land owner.
• taboakina to have recourse to, to invoke in distress.
• taboang taboangang, tabonang: strong, strapping, vigorous,…
• tabobai rich in every way.
• tabobe behaving ugly, mean in action.
• tabobebeku a canoe with rounded ends.
• tabobeku hard working type (beku).
• tabobobeku having a somewhat upright or perpendicular stem or bow.
• taboingana v.t. to make incantation on end of canoe, to protect it…
• taboitari mau-i-tari: a person always at sea,... fishing, a sea dog,…
• tabokabubu having an upright stem as a canoe.
• tabokai a fish.
• tabokaikai to go fully armed.
• tabokakang having a sharp or projecting prow.
• tabokaokao person of high class, well bred, influential.
• tabokeke narrowing end, point.
• tabomake having a projecting stem.
• tabomane not quickly angered, mildly displeased.
• tabomoa te tabomoa: the place of honour, primacy.
• tabon i tabon. to be neighbours, next door neighbours.
• tabona to have, or to take for friend.
• tabonamarake agape, party, friendly repast with exchange of food.
• tabonang strong.
• tabonanga the shoulder extremity.
• tabonao rough part of sea.
• tabonari a small coconut-shell bottle used in receiving the early…
• tabonibai a finger.
• tabonibaibuaka unskilled, wanting dexterity.
• tabonibaimaiu skilled in procuring food.
• tabonibainrang not skilled in making canoes or garments.
• tabonibairaoi dextrous.
• tabonikai a short piece of wood.
• tabonimaiaki having a somewhat upright stem and stern.
• taboniwae a toe.
• taboniwi to engage in attempting to induce another to slay one's…
• tabono te tabono ni mane: an adult male.
• tabonritinga a fire brand.
• tabontaeka to confer as to a suitable place for a meeting.
• tabontanga a distant relative.
• tabora excellent fishing ground.
• taborang crazy, crack-brained.
• taborengerenge the exreme end of a branch or stick.
• taborin tarpaulin <now also means tent> (ENG).
• taboro a mode of fishing with a line in deep water.
• tabotabo to engage in mentioning a person's name with a challenge to…
• tabotaboa to mention a person's name with a challenge.
• tabotari a spathe giving abundant sap.
• tabotua to be bored with, tired of putting up with...
• tabotuakina to treat person as insupportable, detestable, to be fed up…
• tabou Lethrinus rhodopterus (ll).
• taboua long lance of coconut wood, pointed at both ends (ua).
• tabououa having one end of a canoe more or less upright, and the…
• tabowa a spear without teeth shorter than the maran.
• tabu taboo, forbidden, sacred.
• tabua to set aside as taboo, to sanctify.
• tabuaetia (ironical) awkward!
• tabuaiaka
• tabuariki the Jupiter of the Gilbertese.
• tabuarikia bai-tabuarikia: to treat (as thunder) harshly, brutally,…
• tabukaokao a mysterious country:
• tabuki a ridge, a mound, a hill.
• tabukibuki covered with rough protuberances or ridges.
• tabukirurunga very uneven, full of obstacles, roughness, hills.
• tabun this word is used only after tengaun (10), or 100 or 1000,…
• tabuna to forbid, to make taboo.
• tabunaewati v.t. tabunaewatia.
• tabunea an incantation, sorcery.
• tabunga things, persons in relief, forming heap, mass,…
• tabunimate something set aside as for one's own use.
• tabunimatea to set aside something for one's own use.
• taburaka one who exaggerates rules and regulations, a stickler for…
• tabureka roughness, sharpness.
• taburekareka very rough as the skin of the baiku.
• taburimai myth. person. name of ancestor.
• taburitokia a large axe.
• taburoroko persisting to old age in observing one's taboos.
• tabutabu the existence of many taboos.
• tabutarawa observing taboos.
• tabuteora name of a star.
• tabuterang forbidden, sacred, untouchable, under pain of madness (or…
• tabutora the name of a certain star.
• tabweang a village of fools at Tanaeang, Aranuka.
• tabwena split, cracked as a board, rent.
• tabwenabwena frequentative of tabwena.
• tabwenaua broken or split into two parts.
• tabwerebwere experiencing the after effects of sickness.
• tadbotua to weary of.
• tae stripped, extracted, drawn out, defeated.
• tae ata taebaba: tearing away clew line, strong wind.
• tae bauta a splint bandage come undone, loose.
• tae ma unna totally demolished, not a soul left after a gathering,…
• tae meang the season of meang (after equinox of March) is passed.
• tae nano te tae n nano: discouragement, depression.
• tae u a manner of tying <tie>, making eel traps.
• tae ua to bind eel pot with double cord.
• tae uaran to shake pipe to remove nicotine.
• taea to brush off.
• taea ni maro idem.
• taeaba to ask as a bride for more dowry in land.
• taeabea stripped as a fishhook of its bait.
• taeaea small fry which pull at and detach bait.
• taeani ie sign, omen (distant lightning, dark sky, etc.), that it is…
• taeanibai taeanibaia: to get liberty,... freedom, to escape from…
• taeanie to lighten in the distance.
• taeanimaro squally in the distance.
• taeare short of provisions, exhausted, ruined, reduced to misery.
• taeari torn as a finger nail.
• taeba to disrobe, to undress.
• taebaba to do, to act rashly, in giddy manner.
• taebaeba to lift off or up. as the wind does a roof-cap or a side…
• taebai to engage in plundering or robbing.
• taebaia to plunder, to rob.
• taebatai to disrobe, to undress.
• taebekebeke stripped of one's food by much entertaining.
• taeben to tie coconuts in two by strips of husk semidetached.
• taebenu to take benu (young coconut husk) out of soaking pits <take…
• taebo bright or brisk as a blaze.
• taeboebo to walk briskly.
• taeboto uprooted.
• taebu taebuebu, takaebuebu. used to denote vividness, eclat of…
• taebuia to make, or tie sticks to make a floor or platform.
• taebuka a certain kind of taeriri.
• taeibenao v.t. taeibenaoa; contra magic, take away ill-luck.
• taeka a word, a say or speech, a talk.
• taekai to engage in tying canoe planks.
• taekaia to tei together canoe planks.
• taekaiaki the season after equinox of September is over.
• taekana to take for subject matter, theme, or discourse,…
• taekarau
• taekarawa
• taekeke high pitched and shrill as the voice.
• taekina to talk about.
• taekiti tax, custom (ENG).
• taekounga pulled up holus-bolus (plant, tree, etc.).
• taemaka to do rapidly.
• taemata (1) to take off lid, to pull off cover, to make forced…
• taemauna uprooted tree.
• taenako pulled off, detached, completely separated.
• taenakoa to hit in a certain position, to chase away, to push far…
• taenananga scratched as the skin, injured as a mat that is being…
• taenang obstacle removed, hindrance..., embarrassment lifted, one…
• taenano somewhat splintered.
• taenanoa to tie slats on the inside of a fish-trap.
• taenibong the rainy season, Dec - Feb.
• taenikai one defeated, a captive.
• taeninimai to fish for the ninimai.
• taenoa to hasten.
• taenoanoa frequentative of taenoa.
• taenoko to pare away leaf from noko (small midrib).
• taeo to make wall, or partition by tying ba side by side.
• taera to scrape out the soft kernel of a coconut.
• taerababa to become a bit loony (slang), to get childish.
• taerabata take off the dried wrapping around spathe.
• taeraea to strip a coconut tree of all the young coconuts suitable…
• taerake a mixture of molasses and moimoto.
• taerawa a squall.
• taerawata to impart courage to a man once wounded by incantation.
• taereme to act prematurely.
• taeremea to act on prematurely.
• taeremereme frequentative of taereme.
• taerere severe, acute as a pain.
• taerieri smarting, stinging.
• taerina tae-rina (little used): rapid, sudden.
• taeriri to engage in fastening the fringes of a riri.
• taeririka stripped off as the mats on a ridgepole by the wind.
• taero to weigh anchor.
• taeroata to make a riri after a certain fashion.
• taeroro to pull dried spathes off tree.
• taetae to speak, to talk.
• taetae raoi to speak nicely, kindly.
• taetaea frequentative of taea.
• taetaebuaka to engage in reproaching.
• taetaenikawai to converse familiarly, to chat.
• taetango (1) to take tango off coconut.
• taetoa to engage in stripping off the central thorns of the pan…
• taetoba paleness of recently confined and nursing mothers, pale,…
• taeua a double lashing.
• taeun torn up by the roots including the un.
• taewa a longitudinal slice of babai, a portion of a pan bunch.
• taewaka a plant pulled up by roots <pull up>.
• taewariri pain of hair being pulled.
• tai surely, certainly, in due time.
• tai ataei (1) childhood, infancy, youth, to be at the age of..., in…
• tai babu silence! not a sound! keep quiet! don't move!
• tai bakoa time for sharks (overcast).
• tai baoa to hit on the top of the skull (special word used instead…
• tai eta coconut at stage of kernel just beginning to form.
• tai ikawai (1) spathe too developed to be used for toddy.
• tai taing wait! don't move! wait a minute!
• tai tikabu taitababu. don't speak! don't make a noise.
• tai toki mature coconut, spathe at the stage of giving less and less…
• taia to wind, to coil around, to bind with cord.
• taia ni bwe (1) te taia ni bwe: the string, or cord with which…
• taian a sign of the plural, i.e. pf several or more.
• taianibwe the cord by which the rudder to a canoe is fastened.
• taiataei in a somewhat tender stage as a coconut spathe.
• taibabu let be, let alone, wait a bit (used imperatively>.
• taiben a dish of kabubu and coconut.
• taiboa to threaten to thrash without carrying it out.
• taibora a table (ENG).
• taibourua time to catch..., at dawn.
• taie (vague meaning) to importune, continually changing subject…
• taiikawai in a mature stage, as a coconut spathe.
• taim a dime, ten cents (ENG).
• taima to sharpen, to grind, to whet.
• taimake a marine gelatinous animal, the.
• taiman a diamond (ENG).
• taimano mosquito nett (S.).
• taimarau afternoon.
• taimatoa hottest part of the day (afternoon).
• taimonio a demon (GR).
• taina tataina: to fix a time, to regulate, to keep to the time…
• taine taineine: adaptation, preparation suited to one's destiny.
• tainga taingai wait for me.
• tainunu late in the afternoon.
• taira the middle portion of the night.
• tairake beginning of day, early in the day.
• tairaoi in an intermediate stage as a coconut spathe.
• tairiki evening.
• tairikimatoa late evening.
• tairo a bird.
• tairoa not arriving in season, too late.
• taitababu don't be in a hurry, let be, let alone.
• taitai to adze.
• taitaia to tattoo a person.
• taitaim to engage in sharpening.
• taitaima to sharpen, to whet.
• taitaing (used imperatively) stop, stay, wait a bit, hold on a bit,…
• taitoki too mature to yield much karewe.
• taka a tiger (ENG).
• taka ni man roar of animal.
• takabe a fish, the.
• takabea garrulous, loquacious, talkative, long-winded.
• takaberoro inveterate babbler.
• takabiabia kind of mobile cyst under the skin.
• takabiri a restless spirit (anti).
• takabiribiri running about continually, moving <move>.
• takabu
• takaburi takaburi nako... rake; to ooze, to ooze out, overflow, to…
• takaburinako to run over and off, to overflow.
• takaburirake to overflow.
• takaeakina to shout about.
• takaebuebu whitest.
• takaebwebu dazzling <dazzle> whiteness, bright colour.
• takaere to flop as a fish.
• takaerere to flop about, to thrash about or struggle as a crying…
• takai a short cord attached at the middle to a fishhook and then…
• takaia to provide a fishhook with a short segment of line by which…
• takaiaia to shiver with cold, to chatter as the jaws.
• takaka to shout.
• takakaro to play, to sport.
• takamainaina very white.
• takaminomino to writhe in pain.
• takamokimoki long.
• takanakana covered with dirt.
• takanana daubed, besmeared, muddied.
• takaneanea bright, resplendent, shining.
• takaneinei very wet as a path in rain.
• takanoi the mind, the spirit.
• takaramentu sacrament (ENG).
• takarara to talk noisily.
• takarea spread, scattered about.
• takareare (food, etc.). becoming rare, getting scarce, nearly…
• takareau Ten Takareau: a large spider, spider's web, cobweb.
• takarebu takareburebu: agitation, feverish activity.
• takareburebu to slop over when agitated.
• takarebutata to crackle, to make small abrupt noises.
• takarebwetata crackling, crepitation.
• takarema to flop about as a fish on shore.
• takaremarema to flop about, to toss about.
• takaremweremwe extreme slowness, tardiness.
• takarere outstanding, evident, obvious, standing out, isolated,…
• takariorio moving in all directions, as if disjointed.
• takariri shudder.
• takariroriro wriggling <wriggle>, fidgety, frisky (as fish caught),…
• takaro a spark.
• takarokaro to emit or throw off sparks.
• takaroro to be very thirsty.
• takaru row, shindy, great noise, uproar.
• takarua to shout.
• takaruaea to shout, to utter with a shout.
• takaruaeakina idem.
• takaruberube
• takarumerume
• takaruru to rattle as the dried kernel of a coconut or a pebble in a…
• takataka copra, the dried kernel of the coconut.
• takauraura very red.
• take a duck (ENG).
• takebati a sackbut (ENG).
• takebono indifferent to a request or order.
• takebu takebuebu for takaebuebu.
• takerake sprouting, appearing as a new tooth.
• takiakia gleaming refulgence, brightness of white flowers.
• takimakima e takimakima! e takiakia ni kimakima: very bright and keen…
• takina to spread out.
• takirara white, very white, as a fowl.
• takiri te kai n takiri: a broom, esp. garden broom.
• takitaki e takitaki te nano: palpitation of heart, heart beating…
• takoko puffed, filled up, choked.
• takomkom of reke.
• takoro a notch, gash.
• taku to say, to think, to suppose, to imagine.
• takua dolphin.
• takuakua wearing charmed necklaces or headbands.
• takuanganga a person having large sloping shoulders, arms swinging, a…
• takuarara a prattler.
• takurara grumbler, growler.
• takurere to overwhelm with abuse, reproaches, a torrent of words, to…
• takutaku to stutter, to sputter.
• tam kindred soull, own image.
• tama a father.
• tamaerere a long brace supporting a long rafter.
• tamaewe coming, appearing off and on <intermittently>.
• tamaio a seducer, a Don Juan.
• tamaka sandals.
• tamakai a diligent climber.
• taman salmon fish (ENG).
• tamana to take as a father, to make a father of one.
• tamania to finish or level a canoe for its deck.
• tamanre a game.
• tamanuea a patriarch.
• tamaomao united, acquainted, familiar.
• tamarake to climb up.
• tamarakea to climb up.
• tamare lewdness.
• tamaremare of tamare (with larger meaning of tokonono, tabare).
• tamaritika a tamarisk (ENG).
• tamaro dungeon, cellar, hold of ship.
• tamaroa beautiful, handsome, elegant.
• tamaroaroa very handsome.
• tamaroro to be of the same age.
• tamatama frequentative of tam'a to climb.
• tamatua champion climber, acrobat, climbing everywhere.
• tamburuburu a crumb, wisp, bit, particle, scrap.
• tamnei a spirit, the soul, a picture, a likeness, a portrait, the…
• tamoa Samoa Islands.
• tamruru a speck, a particle.
• tamwemwe cut unskillfully, or too short, as eaves of thatch.
• tamwere keeping behind, late.
• tan = english suffix -ers.
• tan nako turned away, facing opposite side.
• tana to wind kora on the left hand.
• tanaba to coil as a line on one's hand.
• tanabai tanabaia: to get out of the clutches, to break the bonds…
• tanabaia to rob, to take by force, to violently strip.
• tanaboa to be in the course of beating (tana).
• tanaboabo e tan abo abounding in te ang: a gust of wind in a…
• tanai an adze.
• tanainibanni a small adze.
• tanaki fearful when assaulted.
• tanako going little by little, diminishing, abating <abate>,…
• tanara to loose another's hold, to take off ornaments after the…
• tanatana a form of incantation whereby to secure favor in the eyes…
• tanawai marks, designs in relief, speckled on plain background,…
• tane clear, distinct, showing distinctly as a footstep, leaving…
• tanea a scarf, sash of leaves worn as decoration.
• taneiai accustomed to, used to, wonted.
• taneiairoro to partake of food unceremoniously.
• taneinei a mode of fishing.
• tanene fitfully.
• tanewea to say, to name, to mention, by the way.
• tang to cry, to weep, to crow, to mew, to sing as a bird.
• tanga to stretch out as a wing.
• tangaia ti ngaia (archaism).
• tangaina opened as a mat or book, lying on the back.
• tangako dirt, slovenliness.
• tangana a preparation of babai and coconut.
• tanganangana cut and slashed with a butu or knife.
• tangananikabo a mixture of kabubu, coconut and water.
• tangananimanam
• tanganatua bedaubed as with mud.
• tanganga spread out as the hands and fingers in fear.
• tangare tending to perfection, perfect.
• tangaroa the mind.
• tangatanga sup. ko-tangatanga, ibe tangatanga.
• tangaua tanga ua: indecision, to be drawn in two different…
• tangauri scraped pan pulp often mixed with scraped coconut.
• tangauria to make tangauri.
• tangauriuri of very weak consistency, very soft, friable, easily…
• tangenge appearing at intervals, <intermittently>, slightly…
• tangi ni kimoa cry of mouse.
• tangi ni maikeike a sigh.
• tangi ni wenei funeral lamentation.
• tangibanako to ebb rapidly as the spring tide.
• tangibe a kind of skirt.
• tangiberoro persistent noise, rolling..., humming, humming of insects,…
• tangibi (S.) nokonoko (N.) a basket made of noko.
• tangibino tangin te binobino: noise, whistling <whistle>, hissing of…
• tangibuaka a disagreeable sound.
• tangibururu to buzz, to roar as rigging, to sound loudly, as rain in a…
• tangimaka powerful sound, loud peal, call, ring.
• tangimara feeble sound.
• tangimate funeral chant.
• tanginako to move away, to withdraw with noise dying away.
• tanginikimoa a coconut not quite fully ripe.
• tanginiwenei to ngage in mourning for the dead, to wail.
• tanginiweneia to wail over the dead.
• tangio tangio, tangiongio, tangiongio nako: going, decreasing…
• tangiongio very far away.
• tangira to love, to desire, to cry for, to long for.
• tangiraoi harmony.
• tangirara to give forth a noise as the tearing of cloth or the…
• tangiraraea a shrill, piercing noise,... voice.
• tangiroa sorrowful because of loss.
• tangiroro tangiroroa: to scream, to cry loudly to get..., to demand…
• tangitang frequentative of tang.
• tangitangira frequentative of tangira.
• tangitangiri to love (used with the prefix i).
• tangite a brand of good kabubu.
• tangiuaoua Pterodroma alba.
• tangiuoua a bird, Phoenix petrel.
• tangke a donkey (ENG).
• tangkiri dungaree, cloth (ENG).
• tangkongko fine dust, remains, crumbs.
• tango the part of a coconut to which the stem is attached.
• tangoa to borrow.
• tangoingoi an adverbial intensive.
• tangorake to heave great sighs, to wail, to groan.
• tanguoua a bird, the.
• tani a plural form equivalent to the english suffix -ers.
• tania a spare fishhook.
• tania n atibu fish which stay always among the same rocks.
• tanibaba crowded or incommoded by much stuff.
• tanibabu lowery.
• tanibea cloudy with light baffling winds and likely to rain.
• taniberoro very sheltered, airless.
• tanimaeao the western side.
• tanimai to face, to turn toward one.
• tanimaiaki the south side.
• tanimainiku fullmoonn, the east side.
• tanimeang the north side.
• tanin blistered, excrescent, gathered in a company or mass at one…
• taninanatibu a shell-fish, the.
• taninga the ear.
• taninga n aomata docility.
• taninga n atibu a mollusc, a fish.
• taninga n ue acting reluctantly, against the grain, doing the opposite…
• taninga nei kona
• taninga ni ba mushroom-like fungus growing on tree trunks.
• taninga ni kauongo docility.
• taninga te strange ear, listening or obeying only when it pleases.
• taninga wanawana docility, intelligence, understanding an order and carrying…
• taningaba obedient, prompt to obey.
• taningabono deaf, refusing to hear, disobedient.
• taningaieie having large broad ears.
• taningamarau diligent.
• taningamea fish, a name for eels, etc.
• taninganaomata faithful in work.
• taninganiba a mushroom, a pancake.
• taninganikauongo quick to hear, hearing readily.
• taninganinga waiting lazily, idly.
• taninganouaia person with ears standing out.
• taningaroti lazy, indisposed to effort.
• taningatiku jewellery carved from shell.
• taningato obeying with bad grace, using subterfuges.
• taningawanawana quick to comprehend.
• taningo safely hidden.
• taningoningo frequentative of taningo.
• tanirim the sanhedrim (ENG).
• tanitoko type of person attached to a place or person, sedentary,…
• taniwa
• tanna a relish, a sauce, an appetizer.
• tannaba to wind up as a fish line.
• tannaki not diposed to resent as through cowardice.
• tannako to turn away.
• tannang between two seasons, period when wind and currents are…
• tannene ang tannene: unsteady wind, moving around in no fixed…
• tano earth, soil, ground.
• tanoa to sand a person in an incantation.
• tanoata published abroad, circulated.
• tanoi dizzy.
• tanoiai
• tanomaki greatly excited as a multitude as by a rumor of war.
• tanonika a flat or thin grain of sand, like a small scale.
• tanora a disease of the mouth allied to thrush.
• tanotano covered with sand, as a garment.
• tanrake the east side of an island.
• tanre Sunday (ENG).
• tanrikaki to look backwards, to face backwards, to turn around, to…
• tanrio the west side of an island.
• tantan a skin disease,.
• tantani the keeping watch, watchfulness over a place.
• tantania to watch over, to guard, to keep watch.
• tantano covered with dirt or soil.
• tanua tanuani buaka rumors of wars.
• tao perhaps.
• tao atu to arrive at destination.
• tao ba v.t. to do a malicious act to diminish another's greatness,…
• tao wae stoppage in walking, working, halt, stop.
• taoaba to travel over country, islands.
• taoakai to engage in extracting coconut oil in a press.
• taoakaia to subject ripe coconuts to the process of extracting oil…
• taoatama to put layer of coral pebbles on a tomb. repast and…
• taoati landing on an island, treading on it.
• taoatu to travel.
• taobai fishing for ikarikiriki with a seine.
• taobara a kind of fishing.
• taobaro to throw low in the game of karetika.
• taobaroa to throw one's missile too low in the game of karetika.
• taobatu taobatuia: to tuck in the edges (mosquito net, mat).
• taobe a dove (ENG).
• taobei to fish with the aid of a baenata.
• taobenu to put benu (young coconut husks) to soak in pit covered…
• taobong not working every day.
• taoboti to occupy a place belonging to or assigned to another.
• taobuki down by the stern.
• taobukia to trim a craft by the stern.
• taobura to engage in following up or after.
• taoburoburo to take off scum, froth, to skim.
• taokabi to engage in waylaying.
• taokabia to waylay, to watch for one.
• taokai (1) a manner of climbing.
• taokai ni wae katoki kai ni wae (S.) halt, pause, rest.
• taoki a stork (ENG).
• taokita doctor, surgeon, dresser <physician>.
• taokora to make string.
• taoman computation.
• taomaneka to climb by notches on trunk, to follow scent, to walk in…
• taomaoma taomaoma: to attract, to catch dragonflies <dragonfly> with…
• taomata floater, used by divers when fishing.
• taomoa down by the stem.
• taomwi tao-mwina. to fix end by tying to something.
• taomwia to follow up a person who has gone, to follow after.
• taon to engage in, to go at, to begin upon.
• taona to press down, to control.
• taona ni mwi to put oneself in the place left vacant by another (to gain…
• taona te buki to overload stern.
• taonaba to spread abroad.
• taonabakina to make common cause with, to be one with.
• taonamaina to put obstacle in front of, to put obstacles in the way…
• taonan te taubuki the placing of last pieces of thatch or ridge capping of…
• taonanibuki a thing used for pressing down the stern.
• taonannano long-sufferingg, patient.
• taonanoa to force, to press, to make impression on, to force the…
• taonikai bondage, servitude, slavery.
• taonnano te taon nano, taonan te nano: patience, endurance, self…
• taono a fish, the.
• taora to reef.
• taorababa generally circulated or distributed.
• taorabi taorabia: to tuck in edges (of mosquito net), to turn up a…
• taorabia to tuck in, as a mosquito netting.
• taorae a mode of fishing by night on the ocean side.
• taoraea to reef.
• taorai to weigh down mat (nets) with stones.
• taorake first months of pregnancy.
• taorama to sit or stand on an out-rigger in order to give more…
• taoro salt. (ENG).
• taororo a variety of taro.
• taoru taorurua: preservation.
• taota the south (ENG).
• taotabo being out of trim as a canoe, down by the bows or stern.
• taotao to fish with the bait on the bottom and the line sometimes…
• taotaona to press upon.
• taotebe sinking or submerged as a seine float.
• taotira profusion, great abundance.
• taou to put down bow net, eel pot with sinker.
• taouru to engage in drying fish by giving them a second partial…
• tapuku Puffinus iherminieri dichrous.
• tara to bail out a well, to wipe with a leaf or towel.
• tara kai tarakaia: inspection.
• tara kautuai a fish resembling kuau.
• tara ni kakoko a collar, amulet of kakoko.
• tara ni matang iron harpoon, imported by I-Matang.
• taraba a fish, the.
• tarabai tarabaia: inspection, supervision.
• tarabainang a mode of divining.
• tarabanara a fish, the.
• tarabannara a species of fish.
• taraboa
• tarabu indisposed to work.
• tarabuaka not nice to look at, ugly (aspect), bad (effect), out of…
• taraburoro very much indisposed to work.
• tarabuti a fish, the.
• tarabutinang a fish,the.
• tarabutinimarawa a very long tarabuti.
• tarae to talk much about what one greatly desires.
• taraeakina to express longings for.
• tarai a fish, the.
• tarai amarake to provide, to look for food.
• tarakai to inspect one's orchard.
• tarakautuai a fish, the.
• tarakura male frigate bird.
• taram trump card.
• taramangurea tara-ma-ngure: (to look and grumble), to complain about…
• taramata optical illusion, hallucination, mirage.
• taramau haggard, ghostly look.
• tarangongo stern <bird>.
• tarangotu a bird (phaeton) with yellow beak and tail.
• taranikakoko a charmed necklace of coconut leaf.
• taranimatang a harpoon.
• tarao past and gone (time).
• tararake to face upwards (persons, things), to look upwards, to…
• tararaoi having nice aspect, nice effect.
• tarariao to look or behold carelessly.
• tararua to watch constantly, vigilantly, to take great care of, to…
• taratara to be awake, to behold.
• tarau to borrow, to get credit, to be in debt.
• tarauakina to buy on credit, to charge to account.
• tarawa Cook Island, discovered by Gilbert and Marshall, 20th June,…
• tarawawa without appetite.
• tare too short to reach, not sufficient as food.
• tarena a talent (ENG).
• tarere easily or distinctly seen, clearly revealed.
• tarerio a sardius (GR).
• taretare frequentative of tare.
• taretima a dulcimer (ENG).
• taretonuka a sardonyx (GR).
• tari salt water, salt, a sea.
• tari aona having double appearance, deceptive, sane and mad at…
• tari ni karoa a fish net with large mesh.
• tari ou slightly feeble minded.
• taribaba somewhat foolish, weak in intellect.
• taribabu calm aspect, quiet (person), calm (sea), calm, no wind.
• taribariba poisoning or indigestion from food, upset by certain food.
• taribi a piece, a fragment.
• taribiribi lumpy, not well pulverized.
• taribo boiled to a medium thickness as coconut molasses.
• taribobo tinged with light red.
• taribono constipated.
• taribuaka e taribuaka: a well (etc.) giving little or bad water.
• taribubu slightly roiled, as by fish feeding.
• taribwea reddish looking liquid.
• tarie tarieri: shameless, evil-doer, bold, wicked.
• tarika a small portion of food set apart before beginning to eat,…
• tarikabana a bit of a weakling having no initiative, awkward.
• tarikatoto very brackish.
• tarikeke cut somewhat obliquely.
• tariki a daric (ENG).
• tarimarima very sharp, as a tool, sharp pointed as a spear.
• tarin taken out or removed unscraped, as the kernel from the…
• tarina to salt.
• tarine a fish, the.
• tarinikaroa a seine with large meshes.
• tariniwae frequented.
• tarirang stronger term than tari ou: quite crazy.
• tarire a n tarire, nga n tarire: distant relationship.
• taritari to associate as brethren.
• tarite Thursday (ENG).
• tariti torrid (ENG).
• taritoa limited water around an island, its territorial waters,…
• taromauri worship.
• taromauria to worship, to adore.
• tarota to perform incantations on a weapon.
• tarotaro water in a shell or cup for a wan with which to sharpen a…
• tarotu taera rotu, taera kabubu: getting blunt, taking edge off.
• tarotua to speak impatiently of, as of a troublesome child.
• tarou to throw up food gently as an infant, to puke. 'the infant,…
• tarrake Cardium.
• tarukaio a Sadducee (GR).
• tata to skip, like a stone over water, to trip.
• tatabare frequentative of tabare.
• tatabarea frequentative of tabarea.
• tatabaretua frequentative of tabaretua.
• tatabaroro frequentative of tabaroro.
• tatabarukuruku frequentative of tabarukuruku.
• tatabe one each, one by one.
• tatabeai one each.
• tatabeaianga frequentative of tabeaianga.
• tatabeman one each, of persons.
• tatabemania frequentative of tabemania.
• tatabenga to measure and divide cloth by giving to each a fathom.
• tatabeua one each, of things.
• tatabeuta frequentative of tabeuta.
• tatabiro frequentative of tabiro.
• tatabonang frequentative of tabonang.
• tatabui forehandedness, suitable provision.
• tatabun containing more than ten each, as bunches of coconuts.
• tatabunea frequentative of tabunea.
• tatabutabu frequentative of tabutabu.
• tatabutarawa frequentative of taburarawa.
• tatae to fish for the ana or nauti in a canoe by torchlight.
• tataea frequentative of taea.
• tataeabea frequentative of taeabea.
• tataeanibai freq. of sup. of taeanibai: to move away by becoming…
• tataekina frequentative of taekina.
• tataenoa frequentative of taenoa.
• tataetae frequentative of taetae.
• tataetaenikawai frequentative of taetaenikawai.
• tatai a coconut-shell bottle fitted with a netting for…
• tatakaka frequentative of takaka.
• tatakakaro frequentative of takakaro.
• tatakarua frequentative of takarua.
• tatakaruaea frequentative of takaruaea.
• tatamatama frequentative of tam'atam'a.
• tatan Satan (GR).
• tatana to be enamored of.
• tatanako to stumble.
• tatanga the plate of a building, the sill.
• tatangiroa frequentative of tangiroa.
• tatangitang frequentative of tangitang.
• tatangoa frequentative of tangoa.
• tatanikaraun to engage in taking up a seine and carrying it on the…
• tataninga frequentative of taninga to wait for.
• tataningaba frequentative of taningaba.
• tataningabono frequentative of taningabono.
• tataningamarau frequentative of taningamarau.
• tataningaroti frequentative of taningaroti.
• tatannaki frequentative of tannaki.
• tatannako frequentative of tannako.
• tatao diffused, as a fragrance.
• tataobong to work irregularly, to work at times.
• tataobura frequentative of taobura.
• tataokabi frequentative of taokabi.
• tataokabia frequentative of taokabia.
• tatara when a pweson fails to arrive on the appointed day, the day…
• tatarae frequentative of tarae.
• tatarariao frequentative of tarariao.
• tatari giving much coconut sap.
• tatarika frequentative of tarika.
• tatarinawa to strew with spots, stains, to smear.
• tataro to pray.
• tataroa to pray to.
• tataromauri frequentative of taromauri.
• tataromauria frequentative of taromauria.
• tatatata to stumble, to stumble along in walking, to stagger.
• tatate Saturday (ENG).
• tatauanen frequentative of tauanen.
• tatauanibai declining habitually to loan.
• tatauanikai frequentative of tauanikai.
• tataubuaka frequentative of taubuaka.
• tataumanta frequentative of taumanta.
• tataurake to come up in great schools of fish into shallow water.
• tatauraoi frequentative of tauraoi.
• tatautata havitually prompt in showing hospitality.
• tatauti frequentative of tauti habitually stingy, selfish.
• tatautia frequentative of tautia.
• tatawe to move quickly.
• taten a dozen (ENG).
• tati cut, wounded.
• tatibauta not securely fastened as an outrigger.
• tatibiri tatibiribiri: to run straight, in a straight line.
• tatibuata to tie up carelessly.
• tatikounga pulled up completely roots and all, uprooted.
• tau a fish, the.
• tau mwi
• tau turu acolyte.
• taua to seize, to grasp, to hold back, to retain, to hold.
• taua mwin taua mwiu, tawa mwim, taua mwina: to hold, to keep my…
• taua n tabo person, object taking the place of another, substitute,…
• taua n tabu same as preceding word but with nuance of sacredness.…
• taua ni mwi (1) keeping accounts, register, account book, diary,…
• taua ni wi circumspection in speech.
• tauan ro magical practice to immunize young climber against falling.
• tauan roro (1) birth register.
• tauan tai clock, watch.
• tauanei a fish, the.
• tauanen jealous.
• tauanikai a concubine.
• tauanikaia to hold as a concubine.
• tauaninne to hold, to keep jealously (place, situation, advantages,…
• tauan/roro to engage in performing an incantation to prevent early…
• tauanroroa to perform on with reference to preventing early senility.
• tauantabo an offering to a god.
• tauantaboa to offer food or other thing as an offering to a deity.
• tauantai a clock, a watch.
• taubai to shake hands, to hold hands.
• taubang temperance, self-control.
• taubange taua bangena: to have chin resting on palm of hands.
• taubare a fly-brush.
• taubarea to brush off with a taubare.
• taubati a dance imported from Samoa. ballet with singing, march…
• taubea to take care of, to look after, to have in one's care, to…
• taubeakina to portion out.
• taubobonga tataubobonga: executing with exactitude, prompt, finishing…
• taubong tataubong: to keep count of days, to remember a fixed date.
• taubuaka not well provided.
• taubuki the top, the ridge.
• taubukin ni moa principal house, royal...
• taubukinatu the crown or top of the head.
• taubukinikarawa (1) the zenith.
• taubure to take note of..., to mark down faults and failings,…
• taubururu not particular, not putting on a finish.
• taubwe to hold the helm, tiller, rudder.
• taukaro sparks.
• taukarokaro abounding in sparks.
• taukirata ampullaceous conch.
• taukiria taukiria, taukiriana: to keep at a distance.
• taukirikiri a small round pebble used in casting lots.
• taukiro to spy.
• taukiroa to spy out.
• taukorea to place hands on hips.
• tauman a fish, the.
• tauman n taninga
• taumangang loafing.
• taumangao habit of disorderliness.
• taumangaria a long spear with branches opposite one another.
• taumanta to engage in slandering or speaking evil of, or defaming.
• taumata to fish with a log or board for a canoe.
• taumatangitang
• taumate judging correctly of oven heat.
• taumatoa neglecting to return a borrowed article, negligent.
• taume the stem of a cluster of coconuts.
• taumoa to precede, to be first, in front, before, to keep in…
• taumori a fore or aft brace to a canoe's mast.
• taumwere tataumwere, taumwerea: to be late, to loiter.
• taun i taun te...: on the edge, above. for ex. on the brink of a…
• tauna to bury.
• taunanen
• taunari just alike.
• taunata idem.
• taunga crowded together, being in a crowd.
• taungatangata haste, hurry, activity.
• taungea a method of fishing.
• tauno a coconut, either a moimoto or onibua, which falls to the…
• tauoa to supervise, to watch, to keep, to cherish lovingly.
• tauororo small coral pebbles (used for counting, lots).
• taura to suspend.
• taura n iri plumb line, straight perpendicular line.
• tauraba lucky, fortunate person having all wants supplied.
• taurake tataurake: to inhale upwards (as fish after bait, asthmatic…
• tauran te newe ligaments and muscles under tongue.
• tauranga tauranga: to hold, to catch by leg.
• taurangaranga to roll as a ship.
• tauraoi ready, well prepared.
• taurarae tauraraea: to follow up and supervise (children at play,…
• tauraraoi well prepared, well furnished.
• tauraroa tauraroa man te... taua raroana, tatauraroa: to keep away…
• taureare tataurearea: to look for, to pick up here and there…
• taurekareka a variety of covered basket.
• taurekereke a chain.
• taurere tataurere, taurererere, taurerea: to wander, to run here…
• tauri (S.) ntaritari (N.) (perhaps) oil fish.
• tauroaroa tatauroaroa: activity, diligence, constancy, skilfulness in…
• taurobaroba a very large mat almost roba size.
• taurongo search for marine food in a place remote, or occasionally…
• taurongoa to seek marine food.
• taurouro a fragment, a crumb, a small bit.
• taururo last remnants, crumbs, bits, scraps.
• taururu te ang taururu: violent wind.
• tautaeka te tautaeka: government, authority.
• tautaekana idem. to have authority over, to have under one's rule.
• tautari taua tarina: to try a canoe to see how it reacts in water.
• tautata prompt in showing hospitality.
• tautau to engage in holding or retaining.
• tautaua frequentative of taua.
• tautaun to bury.
• tautauna frequentative of tauna.
• tauti stingy, selfish, niggardly.
• tautia to treat one with stinginess.
• tautikoko stingy, very stingy.
• tautokoa tatautokoa: to support, to reinforce, to hold up, to prop…
• tautoroa to have, keep under one's domination, to have rights over,…
• tautorona to lead, to direct, to rule over, to subject, to domineer…
• tauu Charonia tritonis (gastropod).
• tauua to measure, to dose, to ration, to portion out.
• tawa a fish, the.
• tawaewae far away, distant in space.
• tawai ashamed because of failure to succeed.
• tawaieta species of eel with long head, non oily.
• tawakai the extracting of coconut-oil in a press.
• tawakaia to subject scraped coconut-kernel to a press.
• tawana a cleared field ready for cultivation.
• tawanang katawanang: land denuded of vegetation, sward.
• tawaningining very ripe.
• tawaninginingi over ripee, very ripe.
• tawanou noon.
• tawanoumaeao a little past noon.
• taware snare in general, esp. for birds.
• tawatawa a fish, the.
• tawe tatawe, tawewe: rapidity.
• tawere pale.
• tawia a fish. blue spot rock codd.
• tawiria from wheel. to put through mincer.
• te a always followed by a numeral suffix,…
• te aina one, one piece (of game).
• te mangai Nei Te mangai: a woman spirit (anti).
• tea tea te ba, tea te kai: to pare away, to make thinner, to…
• teaina one, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels,…
• teatura a box-tree (HEB).
• teawanei Ten Teawanei: a sea monster (not well identified).
• teba a tapir (ENG).
• tebaka Ten Tebaka: a species of ikari, special to Abaiang. <fish>.
• tebana one leaf.
• tebarairai to sizzle as frying fish.
• tebe to spring, to snap.
• tebeka to strike against or upon as spilt hot water, or sand, or…
• tebetebe to walk lame, as a man with a springhalt.
• tebeteberake to jump in the air, to rebound, to spring up, to jerk, to…
• tebetemba September (ENG).
• tebirian one billion (ENG).
• tebiro a sable (ENG).
• tebo to dive.
• teboakina to work with determination, perseverance, vigorously.
• teboka to water as a plant, to wash, to bathe, to baptize.
• tebokamarawa a fire sprite, phantom which allures canoes to perdition.
• tebokanimoa tebokanimoa te wa: ceremony of launching a new canoe.
• tebokua prow plunging (canoe), to dive like a dolphin, head first.
• tebomaka tebomaka: to make great effort, persevering <persevere>…
• tebomata social meal (formerly) with magical ablutions.
• tebomaurua tenacity, fury.
• tebona to dive after, to use force, to compel.
• tebonakoumanaomata ceremony (magic, religious) when a new- born babe is…
• tebonengenenge to be persistent in urging.
• teborake to push forward, as with an intent to assault.
• teboran to play at water throwing.
• teborio to proceed toward the west.
• tebororo tebororoa:
• teborua teborua:
• tebotebo to bathe, to take a bath.
• teboteboka frequentative of teboka.
• tebubua one hundred.
• tebururu to spatter as heavy rain drops.
• tebwina ten.
• tebwtemba September (ENG).
• teea a million.
• tei kind, sort, variety, a watch as on ship-board, a standing.
• teiabuaka ugly, ill-disposed, treating unkindly.
• teiaine a young woman.
• teiakina to go at with avidity, to oversee as work, to prosecute…
• teiao to stay outside.
• teibaba to stand as a promiscuous crowd, without order.
• teibaka badly balanced, ready to fall, about to lose balance, to…
• teibanae strewn in disorder as refuse, sweepings.
• teibanea to surround, to crowd around.
• teibaoao to stand outside, at a distance, waiting timidly to be…
• teibarakaraka hesitating to do, because of the want of means as in…
• teiboreta sibboleth (HEB).
• teibuaka having menses <phy> (a euphemistic word).
• teimakin attitude of respectful fear, timidity, keeping at a…
• teimange to engage in treating a person with neglect.
• teimangea to treat a person with neglect.
• teimatoa to stand firm.
• teina one, used in counting divisions of pan.
• teinaine a young girl, a girl.
• teinako menstruation, have periods (modest term).
• teinang a safeguard as children to a parent.
• teinimane a boy.
• teira to stand out of plumb as a post.
• teirake standing up, to stand up, to get up, to begin.
• teirakea to undertake (a work), to set to...
• teiraoi standing up straight, well laid, well placed, in good…
• teirara youngest child in a group, in a family.
• teiraroa standing at a distance.
• teiriaria katei riaria, katei riariana: to keep at a distance.
• teirobaroba loose, flapping (as sail not full).
• teiruarua to be bewildered, out of one's element, strange, lost, like…
• teitei frequentative of tei.
• teiuomania to carry by two persons.
• tekaina one, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
• tekan a second (ENG).
• tekateka to sit, to sit down.
• teke pierced, stabbed, struck, hit, surpassed.
• teke ua tabo beaten both ways, going and coming (race).
• tekeboti spread, reached all auditors in their places (news,…
• tekebotu spread abroad as gossip.
• tekebuaka unfortunate, unlucky.
• tekemangongo having an offensive breath.
• tekena to catch up with, to pass, to beat, to defeat a rival in…
• tekera failure, adversity, mishap.
• tekeraoi success.
• tekeria e teke riana: caught by the lips, allured, caught, charmed…
• teketeke frequentative of teke.
• teketua touched, hit by deviated blow, by rebounding..., indirectly.
• tekorana one, in counting baskets.
• tekuri one hundred thousand.
• temamang (1) myth. person, son of Bakewa, brother of Tabakea.
• temangai the name of a certain female goddess.
• temangina some, not all (spoken of persons).
• temanna one, in counting persons or animals.
• tembereti temperate zone (ENG).
• tembora a temple, the Temple (ENG).
• temboro a temple (ENG).
• teme to breathe at the surface as fish.
• temeka to sip, to take in with the lips, to suck as a tobacco pipe…
• tememoko to smoke as a tobacco pipe.
• temeteme to make a sucking noise with the teeth when eating.
• ten tin (ENG).
• tena to bite.
• tenabiti squeezed, held <hold>, gripped very tightly as in vice…
• tenabuaka unevenly joining.
• tenabun caught in a rock as a weight, sunken in a seine.
• tenai three, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels,…
• tenaraoi fitting or joining very closely.
• tenarua to bite, to tear to pieces with teeth, to tear, to hack, to…
• tenatao the third heaven.
• tenatena given to biting.
• tenea three million.
• tenere the senate (ENG).
• tenga one thousand.
• tengana one, in counting fathoms.
• tengaun ten, one hundred coconuts, really ten bunches of ten each.
• tengetenge to be out, to stick out, to stand out, to show, to exhibit,…
• tenia of some compound words:
• teniba three in counting leaves.
• tenibubua three hundred.
• tenibwi thirty.
• tenikai three, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
• tenikora three, in counting baskets.
• tenikoro name of a red deep sea fish.
• tenikuri three hundred thousand.
• teniman three in counting persons and snimals.
• teninga three thousand, three in counting fathoms.
• teningaun thirty.
• tennanoa to be enraged, furious, to hate someone, to desire revenge.
• tenrebu thirty thousand.
• tentababa Xanthid.
• tentano thirty million.
• tentoki three hundred million.
• tenu euphonic, grammatical.
• tenua three, in counting things in general.
• tenung three, in counting pandanus fruit.
• tera one twain, used in counting by twos.
• terabim seraphim (ENG).
• terakunene the god of fragrant odors.
• teram a dram (ENG).
• terana what (na is euphonic).
• teraria a furlong (GR).
• tere tetere, teretere, teretere nako: standing out distinctly,…
• terebim teraphim (ENG).
• terebinta a terabinth (ENG).
• terebu ten thousand.
• teretere standing out, prominent as irregular teeth.
• terewati silvas in brazil (SPA).
• teriam bdellium (ENG).
• teriboro a brier (GR).
• teritori a territory (ENG).
• tero sail ho (ENG).
• tero_ sail o! cry announcing ship in view.
• teroa to rasp, to file.
• terona to enslave, to reduce to subjection, to subdue.
• teronga to take away the entire quantity.
• teru (word with double meaning) dance.
• teta tetter (ENG).
• tetamenti Testament (ENG).
• tetano ten million.
• tete to siss as hot iron when wet.
• tetea frequentative of tea.
• tetebarairai to fizzle, to sputter.
• teteboka frequentative of toboka.
• teteboran frequentative of teboran.
• tetebotebo frequentative of tebotebo.
• teteimange to decline to show reasonable attention or kindness.
• teteimangea to neglect to perform acts of kindness to a deserving one.
• teteimatoa frequentative of teimatoa.
• teteitei frequentative of teitei.
• tetekateka frequentative of tekateka.
• teteke frequentative of teke to flow.
• tetemanti testament (ENG).
• tetena frequentative of tena.
• teteraba a satrap (ENG).
• tetere to assemble after being called or invited.
• teteubeka frequentative of teubeka.
• tetewe the calling together of people.
• tetewea frequentative of tewea.
• tetewetabonibaina to gather togerher.
• teti a state (ENG).
• tetina the fruit of a variety of pandanus pandanus fruit.
• tetoki one hindred million, literally the end, the stop.
• tetoko bracing.
• tetokoa to brace.
• tetoroa Nei Tetoroa: ammonite.
• teuae he here who.
• teuaei he here, him here.
• teuana one, in counting things in general.
• teuane he right there who.
• teuanne he or him right there, i.e. somewhat near by.
• teuare he yonder who.
• teuarei he yonder, him yonder.
• teubeka to tread on.
• teungina one, used in counting pandanus fruit in the bunch.
• teutana a little, some.
• tewe a fish, the.
• tewea to throw, to cast, to call together, to assemble.
• tewea rio navigation term, to leeward.
• teweaki to fish with a rod and line on the ocean shore.
• tewearake to luff.
• tewearaki navigation term, to haul in bow line, to steer closer to…
• teweia the name of a male deity <god>.
• tewera a fish, the.
• ti we, always followed by a predicate.
• tia completed, finished, done.
• tia ni kaure a star. Gamma Y of Orion.
• tia uota te inai a small star of Orion.
• tiabita a chapiter (ENG).
• tiain sign (ENG).
• tiaka jack (cards), a clown.
• tiakai prestidigitator, <magician>, conjurer, acrobat.
• tiakaore a jackal (ENG).
• tiaki no, not.
• tiakua the jaguar (ENG).
• tiamoi a chamois (ENG).
• tian ia tian te iabuti: limit of tide on beach.
• tianaki lunch, food for the journey.
• tianakia to provide oneself with...
• tianakina to have, to take as..., for provisions.
• tianti a cent (ENG).
• tianuare January (ENG).
• tiao of surprise, of regret, especially of satisfaction, or…
• tiaoka chalk (ENG).
• tiaokurebe geography (ENG).
• tiarianna a variety of crab, the.
• tiaroaroa constellation Scorpion.
• tiatiana to interrupt work by frequent rests.
• tiba to slip past, to overlap.
• tibakeke from ke: to make shares smaller.
• tiban a span (ENG).
• tibanga a share, a portion.
• tibanna a spanner <wrench> (ENG).
• tibara to go by, or beyond, its proper place as a board or timber.
• tibaro a sparrow (ENG).
• tibatiba frequentative of tib'a.
• tibaua divided in two.
• tibe the locks of hair by the ears.
• tibea a neck ornament.
• tibebungibung having the tibe locks long.
• tibera a zebra (ENG).
• tiberiti spelt (ENG).
• tibetibe frequentative of tibe.
• tiboreta shibboleth (ENG).
• tibu swollen, bloated, puffed up.
• tibuna to care for as a foster child.
• tibunran swollen with water, dropsical.
• tiburake swelling up, getting swollen.
• tiburoroa swollen glands in neck. scrofula.
• tibuta a smock, or loose blouse.
• tibutau much swollen.
• tibutaua much swollen, distended.
• tibutibu uneven as the ground.
• tie a swing.
• tieba to contract, to ship.
• tiebaba a rope used to regulate sail, suspenders, shoulder straps.
• tiebi jib sail.
• tiebwerei to play with skipping rope.
• tiekaokao to stream out as a pennant.
• tiekera a shekel (ENG).
• tiemanea to undergird.
• tien a chain of mountains (ENG).
• tienako to commence to swing, to swing away as a rope.
• tientaire a Gentile (ENG).
• tienti . a cent, 1100 part of dollar (ENG).
• tienture a century (ENG).
• tiera to scoop, to recoil against as a parted hawser.
• tieua ornamental scarves <scarf> crossing over chest of dancers.
• tiewa to come and go continually, to be always moving <move>.
• tiewaewae a stinging pain.
• tika nice, first rate, fine.
• tikabu to stop, stay, hold on, wait a bit.
• tikabura scapula (ENG).
• tikaobian a scorpion (ENG).
• tikaobion scorpion (ENG).
• tikatika frequentative of tika.
• tikaua tikauarerei. magnificent, very beautiful, marvellous,…
• tikeke to slip along or glide as a canoe or the foot.
• tikera (probably from skate) to skate, to slide, to slip over…
• tiketike matiketike, tikotiko, tikinono.
• tiki to stretch, as in yawning.
• tiki ananau pulled lengthways, long and straight.
• tiki n taka very taut, stiff, too dry, tough.
• tiki ni kona lit. line taut from fish caught.
• tikibenti sixpence (ENG).
• tikibuaka not taut, loose, not well fitted, badly dressed, ill…
• tikimarau stiff but flexible, part of kabane line.
• tikimaurekaki hesitating, or interrupted in doing.
• tikimaurekati a strained situation, too long in suspense, person torn…
• tikinene stretched, stretched irregularly (cloth, mosquito net,…
• tikinono hauled taut.
• tikintaka hauled taut.
• tikiraoi elegant figure, well dressed, nice deportment, nice…
• tikitiki to twitch, to be in convulsion.
• tiko smaller, but therefore more suitable for the purpose.
• tikoa a score (ENG).
• tikoba to catch, as a fruit being thrown down from a tree.
• tikoia Ten tikoia: a child's game.
• tikona to measure, to portion out sparingly, to ration, to apply…
• tikotiko small, nice and beautiful, delicate.
• tiku to remain, to remain behind.
• tiku ni keketi tiku n nango: to flit about like dragon flies or flies,…
• tikua titikua: to lower, to take down (flag, sail), to leave, to…
• tikubara having its sails lowered as a fleet.
• tikumaru
• tikumaurekaki to remain a long time, too long a time undecided, not…
• tikumenga to flop down, to fall over sideways, to lean over.
• tikumoro physical or moral development at a standstill, undeveloped,…
• tikunei a small grey lizard.
• tikura to alight on, to perch on, to stop on, to stop at, to go…
• tikurabirabi to be hanging, to hang down in pleats.
• tikurere a food or drink especially desired.
• tikurerea to greatly desire or long for, as a certain food or drink.
• tikurio tikuruo: to descend along, by, on...
• tikuroaroa a fish, the.
• tikuroro dark and obscure dwelling.
• tikuru (Eng.) a screw, screw nut.
• tikuruo to stoop down.
• tikutamoamo said of dragonfly, which alights everywhere. staying here…
• tikutaungaunga a name for bat (unknown in Gilbert Islands).
• tikutikutumouma myth. person who guided Na Areau in the darkness of…
• tikutumauma (1) said of dragonfly which alights on stem held up to it.
• tim timtim, te timna: a drop.
• tima a food specially relished.
• timami babai or squid, roasted on the coals.
• timamia to roast babai or squid on the coals.
• timamwi food (any kind) wrapped and cooked on coals.
• timaraketo an emerald (HEB).
• timatima a chum.
• timbara a cymbal (ENG).
• timbere a timbrel (ENG).
• timbo a thimble (ENG).
• timina tinima:
• timinene to eat with much relish.
• timinenea to eat with much relish.
• timoi a knot.
• timoimoi frequentative of timoi.
• timoinibai the fist.
• timra to drop on, drops falling on.
• timrara to drop.
• timreke a gimlet (ENG).
• timron timronron: rotund, globular, round form, round.
• timtim to drop, as water.
• timu a seamew (ENG).
• timu n ang a pleasant breeze.
• timua to adorn with ornaments.
• timuniman a spirit, god of inspiration of poets, composers, musicians.
• timunnan the upper heaven.
• timunnang middle of sky covered with clouds.
• timurua to lounge, to loaf, to loiter, to dawdle.
• timutimua to adorn with ornaments.
• tina a mother.
• tina ni boboti principal trading establishment on which all other…
• tina ni kewe (mother of lies) source of..., inveterate liar.
• tina ni kora body undeveloped, but hardened by work, old and hard,…
• tinaba a man's daughter-in-law, a man's mother-in-law.
• tinaemea a fish, the.
• tinaemia Lutjanus monostiomus (lutjanidae).
• tinako to spout, to spurt, to squirt, to spout, to spout out,…
• tinan ibo sea wormm resembling ibo but fatter and shorter, used as…
• tinan ika nodosity, lump on tree after a gash, stunted plant, to grow…
• tinan na bawe an old shrivelled-up mother, old as Na Bawe.
• tinana to adopt or treat a woman as one's mother, to make a mother…
• tinanaka old as Naka, old as the hills.
• tinanei a variety of crab, the.
• tinani kabakabaka heavy block of wood or stone on which leaves for weaving…
• tinanibai the first or principal establishment of an affair, of…
• tinanibo a variety of the ibo, the.
• tinanikora hardened as the palms or soles by much use, callous, slow…
• tinaniku the outside.
• tinanikua to sit or stand in front of, to ignore one who was once a…
• tinanikubeka a person who uses other people's things in order to spare…
• tinanimone Nei Tina ni mone: Goddess of the depths.
• tinanmea Lutianus semicinctus.
• tinannei a fish which runs aground.
• tinara tinaraea: to insult, to offend, to abuse by attributing…
• tinatinanikoinawa Ophiodesoma (echinoderm).
• tinaubati very stout, brawny, of imposing dimensions.
• tinauere sickly, etiolated, stunted, puny (persons, plants).
• tine to hang.
• tine n taura a kind of gymnastic, swing while hanging by hands.
• tinea to pull down on a rope with one's entire weight.
• tinebu clumsy in climbing.
• tineemea Lutianus semicinctus (ll).
• tinentaura to seing by the hands and arms as on the branch of a tree.
• tinerake to climb by the hands.
• tineri a snail (ENG).
• tinerua hanging, hanging down, dangling <dangle> on all sides, in…
• tinete to engage in exposing drying fish to a fire the second time.
• tinetea to expose drying fish to a fire a second time.
• tinetine frequentative of tine to hang.
• ting tingiting: fart, pass wind.
• tingako
• tingaro the early morning or forenoon.
• tingingi infinitesimal, minute, tiny.
• tingo worn thin, worn out, dilapidated.
• tinima to broil coconut, to fry.
• tinnetea to put back in oven, to re heat in order to preserve.
• tinnim to grill over open fire or on burning coals.
• tino snow (ENG).
• tinou lower abdomen.
• tintin to roast, to broil.
• tio to be at the masthead as a flag, to swing.
• tio n raurau a kind of perfumed oil.
• tio n riri rustling <rustle> of skirt.
• tioba to move nimbly <nimble>, gracefully (as palm waving).
• tioboa a jerboa (ENG).
• tioi an exclamation of disgust.
• tioka sugar.
• tiokaken sugarcane (ENG).
• tion sion, the church (HEB).
• tionraurau an unguent or anointing oil.
• tionriri to be protected only with a riri.
• tiore sheol, hades (ENG).
• tiotio frequentative of to wave as a flag, to roam or wander about.
• tira a cedar (ENG).
• tirabi a giraffe (ENG).
• tiraka to spread by stretching, to spread out, to make smooth.
• tirake titirake to squirt up, to spurt up, to shoot up in the air,…
• tiranga to spread out like soft paste, dough.
• tire a seal (ENG).
• tireba silver (ENG).
• tirebare a syllable (ENG).
• tireka silk (ENG).
• tirere a certain kind of game or amusement.
• tireta the holm tree (HEB).
• tirewa silver (ENG).
• tiri simply, merely, just, only (similar to hawaiian wale).
• tiri aomata assassination, massacre.
• tiri ba to lop branches, to prune, to trim, to cut.
• tiri obo to lop off dead branches.
• tiriaba to go from island to island, to travel over successively.
• tiriam to engage in stripping off the dead leaves of a coconut…
• tiriamwi tiriamwia: to knock down bunches of nuts.
• tiriamwia to pull off old leaves.
• tiriato a man of extraordinary strength, rather than courage,…
• tiriba to engage in hewing a stick to a smaller size.
• tiribabakouti to kill the small fry of eels with a stick.
• tiribaea to reduce in size a stick by hewing.
• tiribai to try to escape by breaking the hold of another.
• tiribaia to escape a person by breaking his hold.
• tiribaibai to flop about as a fish out of water.
• tiribao tiribaoa, katiribaoua: to straighten by cutting off lumps,…
• tiribaonoa to correct the faults, vices, imperfections, to fine, to…
• tiribenu tiribenua: to beat benu with mallet to detach fibre from…
• tiribo to engage in stunning or killing with the tail as a large…
• tiriboa to stun or kill with the tail as a large fish a smaller one.
• tiribobo frequentative of tiribo.
• tiriboua to engage in makeing an offering to a god.
• tiribubua stiff-jointedd at the knees.
• tiribure to correct, to cross out mistakes in... (exercise books,…
• tiribwebwe to trim off sprouts.
• tirikai to hew as with a broadaxe, to adze.
• tirikurere to engage in effacing tracks on the sand with a brush.
• tirikurerea to smooth over a space covered with tracks in hunting.
• tirimaneka tirimaneka: to efface prints, marks, foot- prints.
• tirimanga v.t. tirimanga: to cut off branches, to lop.
• tirimataere v.t. stripes, to lash, to flog, to thrash, to whip.
• tirimota masturbation <masturbate>.
• tirin tirin te: secondary thing attached to a principal one,…
• tirinano to engage in a repeated rehearsal for memorizing.
• tiring an english shilling (ENG).
• tiringa to beat, to kill.
• tiriobo to crash as a falling tree.
• tirioboa to fall upon as a tree upon a house.
• tiriobora to damage a plant or babai patch by falling upon it, as the…
• tiriou altogether cracked, crazy.
• tirirama to hew or chip or adze in makeing an outrigger.
• tirireke v.t. (1) tirirekea: to cut, to slice off what holds: roots,…
• tiritabuki v.t. tiritabunga, tiritoa: to make flat and to graze over,…
• tiritabunga to finish off carefully with an adze.
• tiritiri fierce, ferocious, furious.
• tiritoa to level, to make smooth, to hew even, to graze the crest…
• tiriuki tiruki: to close what is open or gaping (mat, mosquito net,…
• tiriwae underpants, briefs, shorts.
• tiriwenei a bird, the.
• tiro steel, a plane-iron, an adze (ENG).
• tiroa to inspect or examine carefully.
• tiroaba to look at country, to explore.
• tiroakina idem. to have, or take as object of observation,…
• tiroba to rub with oil, to massage gently.
• tirobabaea idem. to look calmly at.
• tiromaneka to inspect the work of a laborer.
• tironron spherical, round.
• tiroron to roll.
• tirotam a looking glass, a mirror.
• tirotiroa to inspect, to scan.
• tirowawa v.t. tirowawaea: to look, or gaze on with nausea, disgust,…
• tirowawaeakina idem.
• tiruma a small box with a cover.
• tiruti the rebeating of leaves for weaving with mallet when they…
• titakite stacte (ENG).
• titania tares, zizania (GR).
• titati starch. (ENG).
• titi cheese (ENG).
• titibengaua fully ripe, as pandanus fruit.
• titiku to settle down by the knees.
• titikubeka to unskillfully settle a little in the ruoia.
• titikumenga
• titimtim frequentative of timtim.
• titinaba frequentative of tinaba.
• titinaniku to be unsocial.
• titinanikua to turn the cold shoulder to, to treat coldly.
• titiotio frequentative of tiotio.
• titiraki ti question, to make inquiry.
• titirakina to interrogate, to question, to ask, to inquire of.
• titiri fierce.
• titiribaea frequentative of tiribaea.
• titiribaibai frequentative of tiribaibai.
• titiribo frequentative of tiribo.
• titiribobo frequentative of tiribobo.
• titiritiri frequentative of tiritiri.
• titirotiroa frequentative of tirotiroa.
• titirou painful sneezing, to sneeze with...
• titoiko a stoic (ENG).
• tituabine Nei Tituabine: the most ancient of female ancestor…
• tituaraoaki recipient of gifts.
• tituaraoi generous, liberal.
• tituararaoa to give thanks, to give present, gift, etc.
• tituku
• titune a small crab, sea louse.
• tituneang to approach with joyous expression, as a child to its…
• titura to act, to move with body bent, to drag oneself along on…
• tiwiritetian civilization (ENG).
• to lazy.
• toa swollen because bruised, bulging as a contracted muscle.
• toa ang quadrilateral, ancient word for square.
• toa ma aomata te...: a man of the race of giants. myth. of the demi gods.
• toa mai matang a giant of Matang (ancient country).
• toa n atu the two lumps at each side of skull.
• toa n rama the two sides of forehead.
• toa ni buki the two buttocks.
• toa ni wae the two thighs.
• toabuaka odd number, not in pairs, incomplete.
• toamau having a companion in work.
• toana to act as partner, as second.
• toanibuki the upper part of the buttock.
• toanimane an idolatrous feast attended by men.
• toaniwae the front portion of the upper part of the leg, the lap.
• toara not making an even number,.
• toatoa having four sides, as a gin bottle.
• toatoana to square a timber or stick.
• toaua a fish, the.
• toba to engage in nursing or caring for a little child.
• toban a turban (ENG).
• tobana to have for foster child, to serve as foster mother, to…
• tobati a topaz (ENG).
• tobi to serve as a midwife with incantations.
• tobibi round, circular.
• tobina to practice an incantation on a woman in travail.
• tobu soap (ENG).
• tobuna to wash with soap, to soap.
• toi turning around in circles.
• toka a chief, a large land-holder.
• toka mata
• toka n anti tokanantia: clever monopolizing, speciousness, gently…
• tokabaki a person holding but little land.
• tokabeti coming into possession of much land after a war.
• tokabora
• tokabura
• tokabwebwere to be in joy and prosperity, to enjoy comfortable ease,…
• tokamamao to be in precarious situation, position, unstable.
• tokananti to engage in taking land under a false pretense.
• tokanantia to seize land on a false pretense or unjust charge.
• tokaneimoaaine inactive, inert, waiting (like fowl hatching eggs),…
• tokaneimoaine to be foolishly timid.
• tokanikai to be victorious, to triumph.
• tokanikaia to seize and hold land unjustly.
• tokara to squat upon, to take by force as land.
• tokarake to increase in price.
• tokarakea to override as a son a father.
• tokatake a high chief, a large land-holder.
• tokato
• tokatoka to prevail, as what one says.
• toki to be at an end, to end, to cease, to stop, to stop by…
• toki n aine mature woman, middle aged...
• toki ni kannau
• toki ni mane te katoki ni mane: mature, middle aged man.
• toki ni mata horizon.
• tokia ma rebua (1) stars B and A of Centaur.
• tokiamarebua active at work, hustling.
• tokibau e toki bauna, bauruana: having attained full size of its…
• tokibaururua
• tokikan e a toki kanna: the term of..., have arrived at height, at…
• tokin aon aba the ends of the earth.
• tokin aonaba the end of the world.
• tokin ia limit of high tide, of incoming tide.
• tokina to end.
• tokinaine a somewhat elderly woman.
• tokinia spring tide at its highest.
• tokinimane a somewhat elderly man.
• tokira to go contrary as to a parent's wishes.
• tokirake to persist in doing a forbidden thing.
• tokitaba the name of a star.
• tokitau e toki tauna, e toki arona: attained sufficient size,…
• tokitawa e a toki tawana: it is ripe, perfectly ripe, mature.
• tokitoki frequentative of toki.
• toko a goal.
• toko,angaongao in disorder, disarranged.
• tokoa (obsolete).
• tokobaantano a person deciding to wrestle with another against his…
• tokobaaontano a person deciding to wrestle with another against his…
• tokobeka
• tokobito to engage in fixing or preparing.
• tokobitoi (plural form) to arrange, to adjust, fix, to make ready.
• tokobuakoako in disorder, disarranged.
• tokoie importunity.
• tokomangaongao hampered by encumberment, thickets, disorder of any kind.
• tokomaung Ten Toko...: a fish renowned for slowness.
• tokomeme to outtalk, to incessantly interrupt.
• tokomino tokominomino. to annoy by one's childish whims,…
• tokominomino twisted, tangled.
• tokonana
• tokonono to be in confusion, or disorder.
• tokororo to talk all at the smae time.
• tokorua to be engaged in, to be unreliable, to be thievish of small…
• tokotoko a bud.
• tokotu a branching stick on which to hang toddy shells.
• tokotutu too thickly planted.
• toma to taste of, to sip.
• tomanikai not properly spliced.
• ton a zone (ENG).
• tona syphilis.
• tong deafened temporarily by a loud report.
• tonga to feed well.
• tongabiri an armlet.
• tongabiti (Tonga-Biti (Fiji] a tribe driven out of Samoa about XIII…
• tonginako stunned, stupefied <stupefy>, horror stricken.
• tongirarae deafened by uproar, stunned by noise.
• tongitong frequentative of tong.
• tongo the mangrove.
• tongobuangi a species of mangrove with smooth round trunks.
• tongotongo abounding in tongo.
• toni fit, euphonic, grammatical.
• tonotono (1) te tonotono ni bai -- ni wae: soft part of palm of hand…
• tonu euphonic, grammatical.
• torara to groan in pain.
• tore to engage in sipping karewe through a tube or pipe.
• torea to sip karewe through a tube or pipe.
• toriba ni maiaki a horseshoe-shaped constellation in Eridanus.
• toriba ni meang stars of Lion's mane or Sickle <constellation>.
• toro a slave, a serf.
• toro n rang staying too long inert, idle.
• toroa to file as a fishhook.
• toroba to stroke, to rub gently.
• torobakara untidy as work.
• torobuakaka to treat illy elderly people.
• torogaba to squat in numbers, to be placed on the ground in numbers…
• torokaran to be on the watch for a thief.
• torokarania to watch for a thief.
• toromana to mislead.
• toron te aba the setting up of the world, name of one of the first men…
• torona to make a slave of.
• torong
• toronga to gather together.
• torongabu having posterity or offspring.
• toronibai well made, well provided.
• toronrang deprived of comforts.
• tororau to flatten out leaves for thatch.
• torotakanana dirty with filth lying around.
• torotangako idem. excrement, bowel discharge.
• torotoro frequentative of toro.
• torotoroba frequentative of toroba.
• torou
• toru an outdoor game accompanied with chanting and the striking…
• toto of little volume as the voice.
• totokananti frequentative of tokananti.
• totokanantia frequentative of tokanantia.
• totokanikai frequentative of tokanikai.
• totokanikaia frequentative of tokanikaia.
• totoki frequentative of toki.
• totokoa to try to prevent from falling, as a tree, by means of a…
• totorara frequentative of torara.
• totoro to engage in rasping.
• totoroa to slide back, to push back gathers. for ex. curtains on…
• totoromana frequentative of torom'ana.
• totoronibai frequentative of toronib'ai.
• totoronrang frequentative of toronrang.
• tou the fruit of the pandanus pandanus fruit, in the cluster,…
• tou mwi toua mwiu, toua mwim: to take after, take example from, to…
• toua to tread.
• toua katea
• toua mwina
• touakatea to walk rapidly.
• touakina to tell of, to give account of.
• touanikai the second half of the braiding of a mat.
• touariki tourika:
• touati a steward (ENG).
• toubeka to crush, to squash with foot, to crush underfoot, to…
• touekana to come frequently to, to visit frequently.
• toumaneka toumaneka: to follow in the footsteps, to scent after.
• toumeakina as town crier.
• tounene turned upward as the topmost coconut in a bunch.
• tounibai the wrist.
• tourake toutourake: a sudden leap, bound, plunge upwards.
• tourika to reduce to splinters, bits, powder by pounding, to crush…
• touroba to engage in braiding a roba.
• touru a sprain.
• toutia touan tian te...: to inspect the boundary, verification of…
• toutou abounding in pandanus fruit.
• toutoua to ward off.
• toutourake to toss much as a canoe,.
• toutouwae frequentative of touwae.
• touwae to tread or step upon another's foot.
• tu a bone sail-needle.
• tua to graze, to glance, to ride over a wave as an outrigger.
• tua n aomata Gilbertese law.
• tuabebeku tuabekubeku: roundness.
• tuabon the inner or bony shell of a turtle.
• tuabuaka the gunwale.
• tuae dried pan paste.
• tuai not yet, a verbal adverb, an adverbial verb.
• tuaiaia muscle.
• tuaira stealing.
• tuairoa to engage in scraping pandanus fruit on a shell or other…
• tuakaei very large dimensions, large.
• tuakai tuakaei, tuakei: large like this (showing size with arms).
• tuake a shoal or ledge projecting into a channel.
• tuamwi a dish made from taro and coconut.
• tuana to have, take, keep, observe as rule, regulation, to keep…
• tuanga to inform, to tell.
• tuanokunoku skimming over, grazing <graze> slightly, indirectly.
• tuanonoku firmly knit together, powerful in body.
• tuara bad connection.
• tuareau to caulk canoe with pandanus leaves.
• tuarere to skim rapidly, to graze in skimming, to graze in passing.
• tuariri bony, robust (body).
• tuatua frequentative of tua to tell and to glance.
• tuatuanga frequentative of tuanga.
• tubaroro playing in a ring, or circle.
• tubatu to engage in applying a poultice.
• tubatua to treat a pain with a poultice.
• tubutetei a lamb, the Lamb.
• tubwere pulp of coconut boiled down into pap.
• tuea to swear (ENG).
• tuka to lower as a sail.
• tukabu an astral position concerning navigation.
• tukamino a sycamine (ENG).
• tukomorea a sycamore (ENG).
• tuku
• tuku n nango
• tukunango unreliable, frequently changing one's course.
• tukunei a lizard.
• tukura to stop at a place, as a canoe, to touch at.
• tukurere a person or thing very much desired.
• tukurio to stoop down.
• tukuroro very dark.
• tukuruo to stoop down.
• tukuruoa to subject the ground to being stooped down to, or squat…
• tumara a shell-fish, the.
• tumim a sponge to wipe up urine (of baby).
• tumoa abounding, considerable, much.
• tumori fair, moderate and constant as a wind.
• tumwi a violent wind dying down to fair and steady.
• tun June (ENG).
• tuna (1) result, issue.
• tunenea oozing with fat, very or too greasy but appetizing.
• tung tunga (N.), tuna (S.). to recook or reheat food in order to…
• tunga to swoon from hurt.
• tungana to make a hole in..., to let out water, to put a plug…
• tungaru ancient name of Gilbert Islands people.
• tungatunga knotty, irregular and unsuitable as a log.
• tuniba a juniper (ENG).
• tuntun to stop short, straight on.
• tuo tutuo, tuotuo: inspection, checking, examining <examine> by…
• tuoa to visit in order to know about.
• tura to slide or crawl along as a snail.
• tura ni kama stars a and b <alpha and beta> of Centaure supporting the…
• turabe a strap (ENG).
• turabeau nearly worthless as a canoe from frequent use.
• turabwi turabwia: a higher bid.
• turai July (ENG).
• turakakanta tragacanth (ENG).
• turam drum (ENG).
• turan too wet, watery, too liquid, too impregnated with water…
• turana to furnish a mast with a tura.
• turatura to limp.
• turenga skilful, clever to clear a profit.
• turokon the turtle dove (GR).
• turu striking against, distinct as tattoo.
• turubaka bakaturuturu, turubakabaka. to make strong impression…
• turuma a small box with a cover.
• turuna to accidentally subject some part of the body to being…
• turunga to wash as a garment as by pounding on a plank.
• turuturu frequentative of turu hitting again and again.
• tuta a lapping, the point or place of meeting or joining of two…
• tuta n ari the place where eyebrows meet.
• tuta ni bai place where breast plate armour joins arm guard (Gilbertese…
• tuta ni wae cuisse (armour) of warrior.
• tutanari the space between the eyebrows.
• tutanikawai a crossing of two paths.
• tutanria commissure of lips.
• tutara auction sale.
• tutari too salty.
• tutarina the step of a mast, a socket or mortise for the foot of a…
• tutawa tutawawa (sup.) oozing grease,... oil, too greasy, too oily.
• tute duty, tax, customs (ENG).
• tutia thusia. Mass. Sacrifice of the Mass (GR).
• tutu to trickle,.
• tutua to be in the habit of telling.
• tutuku to settle down a little as in ruoia.
• tutune a small marine animal.
• tutuneang joyful alacrity, joyous eagerness...
• tutuo to spy out.
• tutuoa frequentative of tuoa.
• tutura frequentative of tura.
• tuturatura frequentative of turatura.
• tuture
• tuwaro a swallow (ENG).