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Parts of the body and bodily states.

579 Kiribati words

• a him, her, it, a suffix pronoun following an active transitive verb,…
• abein covered basket.
• aebai lay or place the hand upon a person.
• ai flint lock musket.
• aibai aibaia. to pull, pull away.
• akea remove bones from a fish or fowl.
• anga shoulder.
• angabai make a contribution.
• angabuki lie butt to butt, as two logs.
• angamaing left handed.
• angatai right side.
• angoa cleanse the inner ear with a small object.
• anibai armpit.
• aniwae sole of foot.
• annanikai bruised skin, marked with blows.
• aonanga carry on the shoulder.
• aonibai assist in a fight.
• aonibaia carry on the arm [bai arm].
• aoraereke narrow neck of land, as isthmus.
• arawa shark's teeth sword, the teeth being lashed to the wooden blade.
• areieta upper set of teeth.
• areinano lower set of teeth.
• arobairi salute by touching noses and smelling.
• arora extend as the hand, stretch out.
• ata know.
• ataei ni mata pupil of the eye, eyeball.
• ataeinimata pupil of the eye.
• atai right hand.
• ati ass, donkey (ENG).
• atinikatoka babai suckers.
• atinimata prominence of the skull over the eyes.
• atiniwere orbit of eye.
• ato thatch of coconut leaf.
• atu head.
• atubungibung long hair (man), long plaits of hair (woman).
• atubungubung having long hair.
• atuirauti head of hair standing up.
• atumainaina white haired person.
• atumangaongao ruffled and untidy head of hair.
• atumaongong dishonored, treated with disrespect.
• atumaoto having hair very slightly curled.
• atumara a bald head, bald headed person.
• atumaran having very curly hair.
• atumeamea having yellowish red hair.
• atunaomata fish.
• atungeri having very curly hair.
• aturoro having black hair.
• atutababa head of hair in disorder.
• atutei hair standing up.
• atuuraura having red hair.
• auau drawing forth.
• awai fish.
• ba because, for, that, as.
• ba n iku hard, dry skin.
• ba ni kua cod liver oil.
• baba foolish, destitute of reason, wanting in umderstanding, weak in…
• babako to lie as an infant in the arms or lap of a person.
• babanura having a full breast over the sternum.
• babaro assembled in numbers.
• babatei to have the head so low as to be in danger of falling headlong.
• babati the upper part of the thigh.
• babati ni kai collection of arms, war weapons.
• bai a thing, an object.
• bai maono clammy hands, sweating hands.
• baibabaro carrying the arms a little bent.
• baibake awkward, clumsy with hands.
• baibao to miss the mark.
• baibingao 1. offensive smell on hands.
• baibuobuoki name of a star in Pegasus constellation.
• baikakateke beautiful arms and elegance of dancers.
• baikare a star (Spica?) Heart? (Grimble).
• baikiaro having a rising on the back of the lower arm.
• baiko strong hands for tying.
• baikoa agile hands, quick at work.
• baikomkom not skilled in catching or holding.
• baikora strong hands or arms, muscular arms.
• baiku the fish.
• baikuikui afraid to handle or touch: hesitating to throw lest failing to hit,…
• baimaono having habitually sweaty hands.
• baimara weak hands, feeble grip.
• baio having strong arms for rowing, throwing, etc.
• bairababa to claim land as one's own unjustly.
• bairae having large hands.
• bairakau a bird, the.
• bairara a man of blood, a murderer.
• bairarae having unusually long arms.
• bairawata heavy handed, having hands full of ill-gotten goods, thief, grabber.
• baireke handy, skilful with hands at catching, climbing, taking, i.e. to…
• bairemwe to manipulate slowly.
• bairi the nose.
• bairoko quickly doing as in producing fire by rubbing sticks, or in fitting…
• baitangako hands covered with dirt, dirtying what they touch (object or food).
• baitata to work rapidly.
• baituru a scar of a burn.
• bake having the lip deformed.
• baku the top or leafy part of babai or taro cut close to the root for…
• banaoraki a tumor in the abdomen.
• baneinei repeat from stomach.
• banga ni kume a busy body, meddler.
• bangaaomata one who ignores his fellow men, selfish, ungrateful, hard hearted,…
• baniban the bosom.
• banna a corpse, a corpse of some days, a skeleton.
• bara loose, untied, dismissed, dispersed.
• barabara chafed, as a rope of fish line.
• bareke the clavicle, the collar bone.
• barere a fish, the.
• baro the forelock cropped or banged above the etes <hair>.
• batabata very dark skinned.
• batakataka withered as an arm.
• batinawa the pit of the stomach.
• baua ni kiebaeba covered with blood, bloody, bleeding.
• bauaneikiebaeba covered with blood as one severely wounded or hurt, very bloody.
• bauarake looking with longing eyes as on the food of others.
• bebe to stagger.
• bekabeka matter in the eye.
• beke a fix (used only with bo. it is idiomatic.
• benga wide as a canoe, having much beam.
• betanga jammed, as a finger between two boxes.
• bo bai rheumatism in arms or hands.
• bomata sore eyes.
• bora ni ki flat part of hip.
• boria get together to eat.
• buangi a whale's tooth.
• buare ni wae calf of leg.
• bubu a fish, the.
• bubua hundred.
• bubuaniwae the knee.
• bubura big, large, large round.
• buibui encrusted as the skin with evaporized brine.
• bukinanga the shoulder blade.
• bukinatu the back of the head.
• bukinimata the part of the face very near to the outer corner of the eye.
• bumaniman odorous as the arm pits, or as an eitei [bird].
• bungiba a coconut tree whose fronds tend to droop down toward the ground.
• bungibaware to foam at the mouth.
• bungibung long as the hair.
• bunna a young coconut leaf when used in sorcery.
• bunokonoko having the scent of blood.
• burae a hair, fur, feather phys.
• burae ni mata eye lashes, barbel of lobster.
• buraenaomata having hair on the body as an infant prematurely born.
• buraerae covered with short hair or fur or fringe.
• bure n atu the prominent bone of the occiput.
• bureinawa a fish, the.
• buri n auau pus mixed with blood oozing from an abscess, etc., being squeezed out…
• burimangaoa to pull and drag by the hair.
• buro the heart.
• butae excrement (vulgar).
• butae n taninga cerumen, ear wax.
• buti to go along, to move along, to sail along.
• buto the navel.
• bwea distended as the abdomen in pregnancy.
• bweai having hairs upon the abdomen.
• bwenauateaomata three feet, a yard.
• bwibwi rough as the skin or other surfaces.
• euta toss up as in kabane.
• ia where? (interrogative).
• iaia tendon, sinew.
• iakiaki strugglee>ing and kicking as a child.
• iati yard, three feet (ENG).
• ibabannang to lose one's head, to forget, not to know which way to turn.
• ibeki struggle violently.
• ibo soft, long or wormlike marine animal.
• ie n tababa to lose one's head, to act precipitately and inconsiderately like a…
• ika fish of any kind.
• ikao picking bones close.
• ikaoa pick bones close.
• ikari fish.
• ikariri bone fishh.
• ikauea devil fishh.
• ikibekibe to stamp feet, to kick ground in temper.
• imimita suck the teeth.
• imita destroy, throw at, strike.
• ina seek in marryiage.
• inabobo jaundiced as the eyes.
• inaieta upper yard or gaff of a canoe sail.
• inaina scalee>y as fish, or some varieties of pan.
• inainano lower sprit or brace of a canoe sail.
• inanimata cataract (on eyes).
• inanoi result obtained from casting lots.
• ingi n tauti skin, bristling with quills, war helmet made from quills of diodon.
• ingintauti thorny skin of a tauti used as a helmet.
• ira how many? always followed by a numerical suffix ai, ua, un, man, na,…
• ira n atu hair.
• iraira covered with much hair, as the head.
• irakiaou curly or kinky hair.
• iramaoto having hair which curls very slightly.
• iramaran having straight hair.
• iranatu hair of the head.
• irauti having hair which curls some.
• itoi star.
• itoi n taninga ear drum, tympan.
• itoi ni mata pupil of eye.
• itointaninga drum of the ear.
• kabake to have the lips drawn to one side.
• kabakea to draw the lips to one side.
• kabari to sit on the ground or a mat with the legs crossed at the ankles.
• kabiko to have the lips drawn to one side in contempt.
• kabikoa to draw the lips to one side in contempt.
• kabiongong wisdom tooth, nook, creek.
• kabira to anoint, to besmear.
• kaboria to kiss, to make lips meet.
• kabouba to lie with the head upon the folded arms.
• kabuka to stamp the foot, to spat the hand, to strike salt water with the…
• kabunga to let the hair grow long.
• kabutua to pout the lips.
• kaeka convalescent.
• kai easily, without difficulty, soon, readily.
• kai ni bairi cartilage of nose.
• kaikai a meal, a civilized meal.
• kaikiraoki a camphor chest.
• kakano mata to rub eyes in order to see better, to clear sight.
• kakaro to dodge.
• kakekea to wink one eye.
• kakekeruatai to gnash the teeth.
• kakinawanawa to make the skin spotted.
• kamaraia a place which when visited is said to occasion death.
• kamatanika to cause a foot or hand to have a hard kernel in it by the…
• kamataruana causing dimness of eyes as sickness.
• kananokawaki producing sorrow of heart.
• kananorawata causing heaviness of heart.
• kanebu a dragon fly.
• kangaeau mussed as the hair not oiled.
• kangera to comb the hair with a hair stick.
• kangeri a hair stick used as a comb.
• kanoa n ri marrow of bones.
• kanoa ni bai (contents of hands) a revolver, a pistol.
• kanoa ni mata the eye ball.
• kantoatoa dyspeptic.
• karebai to pass from hand to hand, to work in a line.
• kareke an earring.
• karekebai to hold by hand, to touch hands or fingers, or tips of wings, to join…
• karekena to adorn the ear with an earring of any kind.
• kariki n aomata healthy in body and mind, sociable, well proportioned.
• karotun to be stubbed as the toe, to stagger after stubbing the toe.
• katabara to part the legs.
• katanganga to spread out as the hands and fingers in fear.
• kataomata to sleep, to take a refreshing nap after much watching.
• kateibai construction, building.
• kateiranga to elevate the knees when lying down.
• kateitea to raise the hand repeatedly, to cause a little child to stand much…
• katiobuki to fall.
• katiti to repeat the interjection "ti", to hiss.
• kauanga knowing many tricks, ingenious, cunning, crafty.
• kaubaba having a large chest.
• kaubata to grasp or squeeze an enemy in fury.
• kaumata having large eyes.
• kaunibai (1) boxing.
• kaunikai to fish for the unikai.
• kauri full of bones, fish bones, bony.
• kautu chief of high rank.
• kauwae the root of a tooth.
• kekeruatai to gnash.
• kikia to take out the contents of a bivalvular shell.
• kimangai a post of a bata or native house.
• kinaka a diseases of the skin, the.
• kinakanimatang a foreign skin disease.
• kinakato a certain skin disease.
• kinatoa a skin disease.
• kinawa n anti a skin disease, black spots.
• kinongorarango a large species of ant.
• kirere limping.
• kiri a dog.
• kirimkirim the middle finger (in counting or showing, without article or…
• kiritantan having whitish spots on the skin.
• kiriwewe to engage in kicking the legs and shaking the arms as a child in a…
• kokoiriki having many sharp-pointed teeth.
• kokoiroroa a thick neck.
• konikon wrinkled (the skin), shrivelled.
• koroatu to engage in hair cutting.
• korobai to cut the fastenings of coconuts tied together.
• korobaro a bird, the.
• korobua shaved, as the head.
• korobuatau to have the hair of the head cut very short.
• korobuataua to cut the hair very short.
• korobuatingiting to cut the hair exceedingly short.
• koroira hairdressing.
• koronibai the wrist.
• koroniwae the lower part of the leg.
• kororabaro to cut the hair short just above the forehead.
• kororabaroa to treat the head to a short cutting of the hair just above the…
• kororoa which presses on neck (collar, garland).
• kotea to point at, to point out.
• koto any weapon, arms.
• koumangai to engage in extracting double teeth from corpses after battle.
• kun skin.
• kun mi marimari having a healthy skin.
• kun ni karawa a skin disease.
• kun ni mata eye lid.
• kun nuonuo (hard skin like nuonuo) insensible, not easily touched.
• kun rotongitong with dark skin or bark, black.
• kunakounga kakunakounga: bruised skin and flesh.
• kunakuna a bruise on skin.
• kuneaki scratched skin.
• kuneang to make enthusiastic, to give life to.
• kunimemeri having a wholesome skin.
• kunimerimeri (baby skin) having soft tender skin.
• kuninrang having an unwholesome skin.
• kunroro the exterior husk of the bunia.
• kuora thin skin or web, membrane <womb, uterus>.
• ma this word is identical in use with the Hawaiian word ma, of which Mr.…
• maina ni mata white of the eye.
• maing left-handd, left-handed person.
• make fish.
• makoko certain disease of the skin.
• mamanibai ring (for finger).
• mamano to carry in arms, to be arm in arm.
• mamma udder, breasts.
• manawa pit of the stomach.
• manawai n ang discomfort in the stomach caused by eating too much fatty food.
• manawainang having a disturbed stomach.
• manenibai thing used or worn, waste, reject.
• mange litter, rubbish.
• mango fontanel [skull joint].
• mangongo the passage between nose and throat.
• manguro glossy hair, black, dark green palm leaves.
• manikawa cat.
• maninganinga frequentative of m'aninga.
• manoka the lap.
• manoku n ranga the back of knee.
• manra an evil tongue (in general).
• manriki chronic, offensive catarrh in the nostrils.
• manring peeling off in little scales as sunburnt skin.
• manu joint as of the elbow.
• maoto ni bai finger joints.
• mara soft as an animal shedding its skin.
• marairai long as the hair or a skirt.
• maran straight as the hair.
• marane uncomforttable, as a rheumatic limb or from the crawling of an insect.
• mare few, not many, here and there some.
• marewe young coconut leaf partly opened, fresh growth of leaves.
• mariro n ang learnt by heart, well learnt.
• mata eye, face.
• matabai desirous of obtaining.
• matabanga having sunken eyes.
• matabaraki having eyes or head or both lowered (through modesty, fear, confusion…
• matabareka having dirt or dust about or under the eyes.
• matabeka having matter in the eyes.
• matai look covetously.
• mataka tired eyes (strain, weekness, physical defect),.
• matakinongo having small eyes.
• matakiriongong sleepy eyes, half closed through sleepiness.
• matakirioro allseeing eyes, curious, wanting to see and examine everything.
• matakore fish.
• matakukune having sharp eyes for finding.
• mataman suffering from the effect of bright sunlight on the eyes.
• matanetane marked with finger prints, dirty foot prints.
• matanikarawa having the eyes set as one just expiring.
• matanria exterior of the lip.
• matare prolonged in time, remaining long.
• matarearea disease of eyes, cataract.
• mataruana having the eyes dulled by sickness.
• mataruberube frequently winking.
• matauningananti irritated as the eye with a foreign substance in it.
• matawarebwe having large bulgeing eyes.
• matawere observe with the eyes screened by the hand.
• mate ni kuna memorized, learnt by heart (as song repeated over and over again).
• materanga spoken of one whose legs are paralyzed in part.
• matibutibu a skin disease.
• maua spouting hole or nostril of the sperm whale.
• maungaro having no teeth.
• meo ria meo: crooked lips, grimace.
• moanibai te moanibai: the first thing,.
• moaniwae advance rapidly.
• moaniwi four front teeth of both jaws.
• moatoki having had nose broken.
• mwemwe blowing very gentley or in "cat's paws".
• nam smacking of tongue, tasting, gustation, suction.
• nana ni mata eye socket.
• nananga stripped of its bark or skin.
• nano harbor.
• nano n ranga inner side of legs.
• nano n tauti heart of miser, mean, avaricious.
• nano n tituaraoi generous heart, generosity, gratitude, charitable.
• nano ni bai palm of hand.
• nanona .
• nanoni wae sole of foot.
• nanonibai be careful of property, used also in a bad sense.
• nanoniwae sole of the foot.
• nanoua homesick, regarding tenderly one's own.
• natitaro disease of mouth,... of tongue.
• nein te amarake stomach.
• newe a tongue.
• neweuai cancer of the tongue.
• nikararaba knee capp.
• nikararao a pan leaf hoop, driven by the wind.
• nikarikiriki a shell fish. big. heart cockle.
• nikiari itching, as the tongue or the palm of the hand.
• nikunikun name of a bird.
• nimanan dyspeptic, having heart burn, sick with a fever.
• nimaninaba an eel with ears like mouse.
• nimanu a certain disease of the skin.
• nimatoro (1) coral stone grooved like underneath of mushroom.
• nimoimoi a very small young coconut (first stage).
• nrara flowing, discharging in excess from the uterus.
• nta a reddish bivalvular shellfish, often used as a neck ornament.
• ntabo a neck ornament of shell made from the taninanatibu.
• ntaribariba poisoned by eating certain fish.
• nuota a braid of hair.
• ngaeau mussed as the hair not oiled.
• ngake the spermatic cord.
• ngangarake the roof of the mouth.
• ngengen ri nothing but skin and bone.
• oi the very thing itself, the very person himself, one's self.
• ongong wisdom tooth.
• orobairi to hit the nose (of the loser in cards).
• oronibai to hit with hand.
• otobai rheumatism in arm or hand.
• rabarabataki a rash, having skin covered with painful rash (caused by poisonous…
• rabata to approach cautiously for the purpose of seizing.
• rae inclined, as the head, to one side.
• raibwebwe opening out as an ear of grain.
• rairaki to turn the head, to turn around to see..., to face.
• raka to increase.
• rakata to measure by hand or steps.
• ranga cranky, as a craft.
• ranga ni wae the entire leg plus foot.
• rangamenga bandy legged, twisted legs.
• ranganikaba having unusually long legs.
• rangatabara bow-legged.
• rannimamma milk.
• rantia to consider a thing as to the ways and means of procuring it.
• raori a rod, 16 12 feet (ENG).
• rara blood, rust, the menses.
• rarabuabua soiled with blood.
• raurau ni bai the back of hand, a measure, the length of a hand.
• raurau ni wae the sole of foot.
• re character.
• reke to be obtained, caught, secured, gotten.
• ri a bone, a principal straight mark in tattoo.
• 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 bareke clavicle, collar bone.
• ri ni bebe iliac, hip bone, ilium.
• ri ni buare rib bones of fish.
• ri ni buki n anga shoulder blade.
• ri ni kamea hip bone (part of hip).
• ria a lip.
• rianna to journey on foot, to go by land.
• riatine having a drooping lower lip.
• riba crowded.
• ribata to set a bone with splints, to mend a broken stick by lashing on a…
• ribatua tibia, shin bone.
• rikaki to turn back, to return, to quit, to go home, to desert.
• rin te koro ni bai bone of wrist (Carpalcubital).
• rinanganibai humerus bone.
• ring sunburned.
• rinibebe the hip bone, the upper part of the pelvis at the side.
• rinika blighted or defective, as the kernel of a young coconut.
• rintuabon a certain bone of the body, the.
• riri a skirt, a skirt fringe of split coconut leaves, the usual dress of…
• ririko a tooth of the porpoise, strung on a necklace.
• robaroba to shake as a sail when not full.
• roroa the neck.
• ruberube n taninga ear ring pendant.
• rura ruler, foot rule (ENG).
• rurumangai chattering of teeth.
• tabaro the cheek-bone.
• tabeatu an incantation for the dead.
• taberamaiu having a vigorous top, as a tree or plant.
• tabia sapphire, ear ring, jewellery, etc. (ENG).
• tabo n newe (1) tip of tongue.
• tabo n ritinga (1) wisp of smouldering husk, charcoal.
• tabonanga the shoulder extremity.
• tabonibai a finger.
• taboniwae a toe.
• tabowa a spear without teeth shorter than the maran.
• taeari torn as a finger nail.
• taenananga scratched as the skin, injured as a mat that is being braided.
• taewariri pain of hair being pulled.
• takaiaia to shiver with cold, to chatter as the jaws.
• tanga to stretch out as a wing.
• taninga the ear.
• taninga te strange ear, listening or obeying only when it pleases.
• taningaieie having large broad ears.
• taninganouaia person with ears standing out.
• tantan a skin disease,.
• tara to bail out a well, to wipe with a leaf or towel.
• taubai to shake hands, to hold hands.
• taubuki the top, the ridge.
• taukiro to spy.
• taukorea to place hands on hips.
• tei kind, sort, variety, a watch as on ship-board, a standing.
• tibe the locks of hair by the ears.
• tibea a neck ornament.
• tiburoroa swollen glands in neck. scrofula.
• tieua ornamental scarves <scarf> crossing over chest of dancers.
• tikurabirabi to be hanging, to hang down in pleats.
• tina ni kora body undeveloped, but hardened by work, old and hard, tough, stunted…
• tinaniku the outside.
• tiribubua stiff-jointedd at the knees.
• tona syphilis.
• tongabiri an armlet.
• tu a bone sail-needle.
• tuabon the inner or bony shell of a turtle.
• tuai not yet, a verbal adverb, an adverbial verb.
• tuariri bony, robust (body).
• tura to slide or crawl along as a snail.
• tuta ni bai place where breast plate armour joins arm guard (Gilbertese string…
• tutanria commissure of lips.
• u trap to catch eels <fishing>.
• uakai two in counting trees, plants, fish-hooks, and sections of land.
• uakaka curled up through heat or cold.
• uangia swing a person in a swing.
• uatibu equivalent to "my foot cannot swell").
• uba the part of the upper breast over the sternum.
• ubaete suffering with dyspepsia or a sense of fullness after eating.
• ubai bit for boreing.
• ubariri narrow as a kite in the middle.
• uboa fish for ubo.
• uboubo frequentative of ubo.
• ue in blossom.
• uere shuddering, nervous through fear.
• uki finger or toe nail.
• uki ni wae toe naill.
• ukire little finger, little toe.
• ukirenibai little finger.
• ukireniwae little toe.
• unikaikai strike the head on the ground in tripping.
• uninga pillow.
• unounobaraki sit or stand with bowed head.
• urantina red as or like the nta.
• ureka open as the mouth or eye or basket.
• urokau head of coconut palm.
• urokou disease of the skin.
• uruba blade of a paddle.
• urukau core of a coconut tree at its upper end.
• utu family, household.
• wae a leg, a foot.
• wae bubura (1) fat legs.
• wae kirere hopping on one leg.
• wae kororo one leg shorter than the other.
• wae n noko spindle shanks, spindle legs.
• wae n uea sitting with legs crossed like tailor.
• wae ni kaba long legs.
• wae ni ma (1) arm of fish trap, low stone wall which gathers fish towards ma…
• wae tuairoa having bandy legs, knock kneed <knee>.
• waebatiraku calf of leg of abnormal thickness, enlarged.
• waebeka knock kneed <knee>.
• waebua having a large calf.
• waebuangi having well developed legs.
• waebuatake elegant legs, symmetrical...
• waekirere to hop on one foot.
• waena (use for legs).
• waerena (stretching foot) one who keeps coming back to the same place.
• waeribeu deformation of toes, adhering..., etc.
• waeroa having long thin legs (like fishing rod).
• waewae having large feet, large footed.
• waibana to pierce with a sharp-pointed stick.
• waimata a disease of the eyes, the.
• waitaninga ear ache, any pain in ear.
• wi a tooth, the mouth, an edge.
• wi maung (1) evil smelling mouth (insult).
• wi n ririko necklace made of teeth picked up, collected (of special dolphin, te…
• wi ni kamea canine teeth <tooth>.
• wi ni kua name of a constellation.
• wi tati regular, well fitting teeth <tooth>.
• wi teretere projecting teeth <tooth>.
• wi warebwe having big mouth.
• wibarubaru without teeth.
• wiboi the thrush or ulcerous affection of the mouth.
• wibue a person with unwholesome reddish teeth.
• wibuni having teeth which are unusually short.
• wikakang bold and caustic in speech.
• wikotikoti having teeth which are dull, or much worn down.
• wimaka wimakamaka: having decayed teeth <tooth>.
• wimakamaka a person whose teeth are much decayed.
• winikua a whale's tooth.
• winririko porpoise teeth.
• wiraraoi having handsome, regular and sound teeth.
• wirekareka mouth full of stumps,... gaps.
• witeretere having the front teeth prominently projecting.
• wiwarebwe having the teeth separated a little from one another.
• wiwariki having the teeth set close together.