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Weaving and crafts

Mats, baskets, cord, and the work of making them.

236 Kiribati words

• abein covered basket.
• abo fish-line attached to a rod.
• akora four baskets.
• ana his, her, its.
• ata know.
• atubungibung long hair (man), long plaits of hair (woman).
• baba foolish, destitute of reason, wanting in umderstanding, weak in…
• babatu a mat just begun, the first half of a mat.
• baene a basket having no cover.
• baenenibon a basket for containing bon.
• baiku the fish.
• baita to take down as a basket from a shelf.
• bakaoko to engage in lashing a sail to a spar.
• bakarouaba a large sleeping mat.
• bakarube a covering, either a mat or cloth.
• bakatarawa a half-size coarse mat, made of coconut leaves, used for canoes…
• bakatari cord or string to tie a weapon (mbo, batiraku) to wrist.
• bana the voice, a word.
• banebaneieta too short, as a skirt.
• banga n u an eel pot,... basket.
• bara loose, untied, dismissed, dispersed.
• barabara chafed, as a rope of fish line.
• baraitoa a small hat.
• batunga to begin a mat.
• bautimu a special kind of string binding for joining the toto and rama in the…
• be because (used only when followed by the pronoun e).
• bengabenga a kind of basket mat flat open.
• bewa tangled (e.g. string).
• biro to engage in making rope.
• biroa to make a rope by twisting the strands together.
• boten three plyy, cord or string having three strands.
• buara weaving <weave> of the finishing of edge of mats.
• buariari fragrant as very fresh coconut sap.
• buka a tree, the.
• bukamaru bukamamaru. a very thick grass skirt.
• burabura likeness.
• buraerae covered with short hair or fur or fringe.
• burebure speaking with a slip of the tongue.
• bwerei a fence.
• bwereina 1. to draw a line, to indicate boundary by a border, a band, to make…
• ekira edge or border of a mat.
• ewebwerei game of jumping the rope or over an object.
• inai coconut leaf mat.
• ira how many? always followed by a numerical suffix ai, ua, un, man, na,…
• irake halyard.
• irakora how many? in counting baskets.
• iriba fan.
• iteraninai a half mat, tide halfway in or out.
• itikora seven in counting baskets.
• itu fragrant substance.
• itua sew.
• itua n rereba a string figure in the game of cat's cradle; wau cul.
• itua ni bure (a string of shells) a constellation, Berenice's hair.
• kaba copper (ENG).
• kababa flattery.
• kabae to engage in tying, binding, or lashing.
• kabaeure string, binding used to pull together the ribs of a canoe which have…
• kabangaka to lay as a mat at right angles to a previous position.
• kabiaua a kind of big basket.
• kabikabi deep, as a basket or scoop-net.
• kabo ni makin a coarse mat (inai, not double).
• kabotaunara to compare, to make equal.
• kabu shot, the nipple of a gun.
• kaburaerae a waist-mat with an ornamental upper fringe.
• kabure a game of spatting hands, a style of mat.
• kaburena to braid or weave a mat called kabure.
• kai n roa a fishing rod (more usual) te kai n roaroa.
• kaibiro to cross as the limbs.
• kakabi deep as a basket, desirous to possess.
• kakekekeke a riri not oiled, used as a bathing suit.
• kakororoa to make short as a skirt.
• kamaerere a striped mat.
• kamaererea to braid a striped mat.
• kamaki to engage in lessening the flame of a torch.
• kamareirei a sieve made of kora for sifting soil.
• kaneboa to draw up a sleeping mat over the face.
• kangkang palatable, relishable, well flavored.
• kannana a large bag or sack made of coconut twine.
• kano kakano to fill, to spin string in native way by twisting with fingers…
• kanotenia to twist three threads.
• kanoua a coconut fiber cord of two strands.
• kao a cow, an ox, a bos, beef (ENG).
• kaonanti to engage in stealing bunches of coconut by sliding them down a long…
• karai thread.
• katabara to part the legs.
• katangitang to cause to cry, or to sing repeatedly as a bird.
• katiki to pace to and fro.
• katio a coconut-shell bottle carried by a loop in two holes, a carrying to…
• katioriri to walk so as to swing the fringe of a riri in walking, so as to…
• kauakonikona to gather in folds or plaits.
• kaunta a join (solder).
• kawe kawekawe a thing which hangs over, drags behind, end or tail of.
• kawekawe to engage in swinging a person with a rope attached to the swing.
• keke frequentative of ke to shout in triumph, to move a little.
• kete a small box or basket with lid.
• ketekete a covered basket, a small sized baene.
• kie a mat of pan leaves split.
• kinaoi a mat just finished.
• kona to squeeze, to compress.
• kora coconut fiber cord.
• korakai exceedingly (preceded by ni).
• koran a colon (ENG).
• koratabuki knotted string, charm collar.
• korobauta cut, as the lashings of an outrigger.
• kororo cut too short, as a skirt or trousers.
• kouti a small mat worn about the shoulders.
• kuanga parent, member of a family which one helps, loves or is loved by. a…
• kuaroun a basket made of coconut leaves from which the midribs are rejected.
• kurabe bold, courageous.
• mae sufficiently dryied or cured by the sun as karababa.
• maea rope of coconut husk fiber.
• mai used imperatively, come here.
• mainanikie something light colored like a mat passing in the distance.
• makaokao twister, tangled.
• maki shriveled and dryied up as a leaf.
• makuna wellcovered over with mats as an oven-fire.
• mane aba ni babai a skirt the colour of taro leaves.
• manebuka thick, or having many leaves as a riri.
• manekeang riri having a greenish color.
• mangaingai ragged as an old garment.
• mangauti the resurrection.
• marainao nimarainai: string made of kanawa fibres, hair, etc.
• maru superimposed, piled up, thick, bushy.
• mataku look on as a sightseer at something going on near by.
• matan coil.
• matana lead as a blind man.
• matanoko Nei Matanoko daughter of Komaki and Nei Nautonga (one of the three…
• matantan slack, looping as a rope.
• mataroba having wide strands as a mat, coarsely braided.
• matiketike slack drawn, as a rope.
• moauai double-barreled gun.
• moimoti frequentative of moti frequently breaking, as thread, or weak.
• namata ni bure a string of bure shells, a bracelet of these shells worn as armlet.
• nano ni ie rope or corded edge around sail.
• nano ten string, cord tripled, three ply.
• nanouai double thread or line.
• nanouaia make double a thread or line.
• niai to roll a string around kabane line near the lead (ai) to strengthen…
• nibaenene to be provident for the wants of a child.
• nibarabara to engage in filling small baskets with fish to be given to one's…
• nikabu a large miller, the <moth>.
• nikaia niranikaia: to tie around with string.
• nimaerere a fish line composed of hair and coconut fibre, used in sorcery.
• nimakora five, in counting baskets.
• nimanini a small fish,the.
• ninimoti unevenly made, as a fish line.
• nira to roll up.
• niranuba a small cord wound around a fishhook and the takai as a protection.
• nokonoko a covered basket.
• ntangenge a coarse mat.
• numa to fold (clothes, material, mats, etc.).
• nuota a braid of hair.
• ngabingabi a mat used as a spread or container for food.
• ngake the spermatic cord.
• ngati clothes or mats covered with dirt or stains, soiled, dirty,…
• onokora six in counting baskets.
• otorake twisting a line with four strands.
• rabaraba the first or last in a line at the extreme right or left.
• raemangaoa to tear to pieces a mat, or anything with the teeth as a dog.
• raeroba coarse.
• raeten a mat whose strands are one third each of the width of the pan leaf.
• rai a plank, a board, a mat-covering for a native oven, a sort of seine…
• raibane a smaller mat used in completing.
• ramane any string, ribbon, garland worn as bandoleer, sash.
• rao ni kie companion of sleeping mat, bed fellow.
• raranga to braid a mat, to weave.
• raurau a plate, a platter.
• reketakomkom held very slightly.
• riri a skirt, a skirt fringe of split coconut leaves, the usual dress of…
• ririkororo to wear a skirt with a long fringe, to go long skirted.
• ririmarai clothed with a riri with a long fringe.
• ro salary, sustenance, a living.
• roba a very coarse mat made of the pan leaf.
• robu a foreign rope of manila or hemp (ENG).
• roki a curtain, a screen, a partition.
• rokia to screen or furnish with mat curtains.
• rotintin a kind of skirt (tuntun).
• rouai to tie with double cord, string.
• ruakora nine, used in counting baskets.
• ruarua abounding in babai pits.
• tabaketani (ara) Sabachthani (ENG).
• tabeitera lop sided, badly balanced (canoe, basket, kite, etc.).
• tabowa a spear without teeth shorter than the maran.
• taea to brush off.
• taebuka a certain kind of taeriri.
• taenananga scratched as the skin, injured as a mat that is being braided.
• taeriri to engage in fastening the fringes of a riri.
• taeririka stripped off as the mats on a ridgepole by the wind.
• taetango (1) to take tango off coconut.
• taia ni bwe (1) te taia ni bwe: the string, or cord with which rudder-oar is tied…
• taianibwe the cord by which the rudder to a canoe is fastened.
• takai a short cord attached at the middle to a fishhook and then twisted…
• tana to wind kora on the left hand.
• tang to cry, to weep, to crow, to mew, to sing as a bird.
• tangaina opened as a mat or book, lying on the back.
• tangenge appearing at intervals, <intermittently>, slightly uncovered, open,…
• tangibe a kind of skirt.
• tangibi (S.) nokonoko (N.) a basket made of noko.
• tannaba to wind up as a fish line.
• tanua tanuani buaka rumors of wars.
• taobara a kind of fishing.
• taokora to make string.
• taorai to weigh down mat (nets) with stones.
• tarai a fish, the.
• taumori a fore or aft brace to a canoe's mast.
• taurekareka a variety of covered basket.
• taurobaroba a very large mat almost roba size.
• tekorana one, in counting baskets.
• tenikora three, in counting baskets.
• tiebaba a rope used to regulate sail, suspenders, shoulder straps.
• tiebwerei to play with skipping rope.
• tiekaokao to stream out as a pennant.
• tikotiko small, nice and beautiful, delicate.
• tinea to pull down on a rope with one's entire weight.
• tinerake to climb by the hands.
• tio n riri rustling <rustle> of skirt.
• tiruma a small box with a cover.
• tiruti the rebeating of leaves for weaving with mallet when they have…
• touanikai the second half of the braiding of a mat.
• touroba to engage in braiding a roba.
• tuntun to stop short, straight on.
• turuma a small box with a cover.
• u trap to catch eels <fishing>.
• uakora two baskets.
• uaman measuree>ing spaces evenly with cord or stick.
• wae ni makauro a mat with design resembling crab's feet.
• waea to sew, to pierce, to stick.
• waenimakauro a mat with figures resembling the tracks of a crab.
• waenronga to sit a la mode Kusaie.
• waka one who gives support.
• wanikora eight in counting baskets.
• wanina to mend... darn (mats, baskets, thatch, etc.).
• waninia to mend a mat having a hole.
• wau cat's-cradle.
• waua to braid a mat with a second color.
• wewene second half of a double mat which is woven on to first half.