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Fish

Fish of the reef, lagoon and open ocean.

784 Kiribati words

• abea fish bait.
• abo fish-line attached to a rod.
• aeae crawl.
• aikai these.
• aima to make a fish trap of stones.
• aionauti to fish for flying fish with rod and line.
• aioro to clash, bump one another, exchange blows, collide.
• akawa to fish.
• akea remove bones from a fish or fowl.
• amori fish.
• ana his, her, its.
• anai subtraction.
• anaororo fish.
• anaroro anaororo (k).
• anatababa fish.
• ane who, that, which, whosoever.
• anea bait thrown out to allure fish.
• anginou wind like nou (stationary fish), gentle wind.
• anikomri 1. a species of pandanus.
• anima bailer.
• anoi shark.
• aoaine under half of a fish, especially that portion toward the tail.
• aomane upper half of a fish.
• aomang te aomang: a species of fish.
• aong scraped coconut mixed with other food.
• aotibure osprey [large hawk, fish hawk] (ENG).
• araboto a variety of large shark (k,ll).
• araoboto shark.
• arataba a large red fish (taken 60 fathoms down).
• arawa shark's teeth sword, the teeth being lashed to the wooden blade.
• arinai fish.
• arinaimawa a fish.
• arinainamawa a fish.
• arinaitokoman family Labridae (ll).
• arinaitokomea fish.
• arinamawa Macropharyngodon geoffroyi (ll).
• ati ass, donkey (ENG).
• atibu general word for stone.
• atibung stone sinker used in fishing.
• atiburu fish.
• atinai abounding in atinai.
• atine fish.
• atiniwerewere coral rock or ledge abounding in were.
• atintarawa fishing in deep water with taboro.
• atintaura sinker for fish line.
• atiuaro autualo.
• atuaro fish.
• atuati fish.
• atunaomata fish.
• aturoro having black hair.
• au pan leaf used in caulking a canoe.
• aua hour (ENG).
• auakurere family Mugilidae (ll).
• auamaran Mugil engeli (ll).
• auan fish.
• auaririki family Mugilidae (ll).
• auataba Mugil vaigiensis (ll).
• auatara a large mullet.
• auau drawing forth.
• aubunga very large shell fish.
• aumeang winter.
• aurua fish.
• awa boil.
• awai fish.
• awakua a fish, full grown aua.
• awakura a fish of preceding species.
• awakurere fish.
• awanei species of fish, manta sp., manta ray.
• awatai fish.
• awataratara a fish.
• awnei Manta sp..
• baara pala.
• baba foolish, destitute of reason, wanting in umderstanding, weak in…
• babaeina Lutjanus monostigmus.
• babakoinawa lancet fish (large one).
• babatababa large tiger shark.
• babati the upper part of the thigh.
• babeina fish, spot snapper.
• babu a fish, the.
• babunibakoa a species of shark, the.
• babutababa a species of shark, the.
• baewe Neothunnus macropterus (ll).
• baibai a fish, the.
• baibo a fish, the.
• baibure Nei Tebaibure or Baiburebure;
• baiburebure a species of shark, the.
• baikinakina flying fish.
• baiku the fish.
• baimaere flying fish with striped fins.
• baimanu a large fish, the.
• baimanuteitei (teitei) Manta (mobulidae).
• baimanutemai fai.
• baimare flying fish.
• bairarae having unusually long arms.
• bairera Neothunnus macropterus (scombridae).
• bairoko quickly doing as in producing fire by rubbing sticks, or in fitting…
• bairoro Prognichthys albimaculatus (ll).
• baitaba 1. a species of fish with large fins (big ntaningamea).
• baitari a species of jelly fish.
• baiura 1. a species of yellow tuna.
• bakabota the sting of ray or sword fish tied in a bunch to a long pole and…
• bakati a fish, the.
• bakaua n iku name of giant ray, personified, totem.
• bakoa a shark (general term for the genus).
• bakoanimarawa Charcharhinus amblyrhynchos.
• bakua black shark.
• bamai a fish, the.
• bana the voice, a word.
• baneawa name of a fish, the mullet.
• baneriki a fish, the.
• banga to be ignorant, not to know.
• banga n tau ngea a large fish trap formerly used in deep water. It was weighed down in…
• banga n u an eel pot,... basket.
• banga ni aine (vulgar word) a large spherical fish trap with opening on top.
• banunua fish, barracuda.
• baobao flat, not steep as a roof.
• baomara fish, snapper.
• baotaburimai fish, snapper.
• bara loose, untied, dismissed, dispersed.
• bara ikarikiriki a species of bara <fish>.
• barabara chafed, as a rope of fish line.
• baraikarikiriki a fish, a variety of the bara.
• baraitoa a small hat.
• barakua a fish, a variety of the bara.
• barataburimai a fish, a variety of the bara.
• baratau a fish, a variety of the bara.
• barere a fish, the.
• bari smooth and level as land.
• baru a fish, the.
• batai a case made of pandanus leaf in which to bake a fish.
• bataia to insert a fish in a batai.
• batokitoki a species of fish; batoko, idem.
• batokotoko the fish.
• batongotongo black and threatening as an approaching squall.
• batua a large shell fish, the.
• baua begging.
• baue Lutjanus fulvus.
• baueata Lutjanus kasmira.
• bawe a fish, the.
• bawea a fish, the.
• baweata a fish, the.
• baweina a fish, the.
• bawemara a fish.
• bawemare unknown Lutjanus.
• bawetabuariki a fish, the.
• bawetaburimai a fish, the.
• beako entangled and tight as fish line, jumbled tight.
• beibei a species of whale, the.
• benu a coconut husk.
• bere an insulting exclamation of great contempt.
• berereun a thin brittle bivalvular shell fish, the.
• beru a species of lizard, the.
• bia spawn, a tumor, a wen.
• binaing a fish, the.
• biti iron, a knife,.
• bobo a season or time just before fruit befins to ripen.
• boina fish, spot snapper.
• boingo a fish, the.
• bokaboka mud.
• bongan to engage in arranging tabataba for an all night's bake.
• bou the upper part of a canoe-mast.
• bu ika an odour of fish.
• buaoaomata spoken of food not thoroughly cooked.
• buari a fish, the.
• bubakoakoa odour of shark.
• bubu a fish, the.
• bubuakai Melichthys buniva (balistidae).
• bubuaki Melichthys buniva (ll).
• bubuaukiakia Melichthys vidua (ll).
• bubuawai a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubuikai Canthidermis maculatus (balistidae).
• bubukirikiri a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubunabanaba a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubunikai Canthidermis maculatus (ll).
• bubunimarawa a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• buburaete a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• buburoba a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubutakataka a fish, the.
• bubutakawa Balistapus sp. (ll).
• bubutakawaru a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubuwaki a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubuwiura a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bukeniku species of fish.
• bukibaraba fish, yellow snapper.
• bukibo a fish, the.
• bukibuki a sixty-gallon cask, a cask.
• bukikororo a ray without sting, a species of sea eel without tail, or short…
• bukimaka a fish, the.
• bukimanga a fish, the.
• bukimangai a large specimen of the fish baneawa.
• bukimeri Gymnothorax monostigma (ll).
• bukiniwae the heel.
• bukinrin a fish.
• bukirabaraba a fish, yellow snapper.
• bukiraereke a fish.
• bukiraro 1. a fish.
• bukiroro a fish, the.
• bukitakeiau a fish.
• bukitakieau a species of fish, red with long tail, kind of kuau.
• bukuakua odorous as frying fish or pork.
• bun many, much, abundant.
• bunau slightly tainted as fish or meat.
• bunenea having the odor of fish while cooking.
• buni a fish, the.
• burae ni matan tai sun's rays (esp. when very conspicuous at sunset and sunrise).
• burea to choose or select suitable food for a guest.
• bureinawa a fish, the.
• bureunawa Holocentrus tiere (y).
• butariri having strong unpleasant fishy odor.
• butatora a fish.
• butongotongo a kind of big fish trap made of inai (mats) or leaves (temporary).
• eitei bird.
• era stripped of coconuts.
• eri a deep-water fish, long, slender and having four hooked fins.
• erieri scooping up as fish.
• ering herring (ENG).
• iakamawa Scarus pectoralis (y).
• ianono crave fish.
• ianti a species of shark, having large head and long slender body (ugly…
• ibaba fish.
• ibabanrotuma fish.
• ibabarotuma Chaetodon sp..
• ibabataranga Chaetodon falcula (y).
• ieniwa fish.
• ienwa a large fan-shaped fish (black with white stripes).
• ika fish of any kind.
• ika n ora fish found in pools at low tide.
• ika n oraora fish which can be eaten raw.
• ika n rawarawa fish taken in the crevices of reef.
• ika n rei fish which leaps..., plays at the surface (as porpoise).
• ika n roaroa fish taken with rod and line.
• ika n tabo ro fish taken in the depths outside of reef.
• ika n taotao fish taken on line attached to post on beach, hook and bait taken far…
• ika n taumata fish taken in diving with goggles, formerly without goggles, hand was…
• ika ni kabuti fish taken by moving bait over surface with line.
• ika ni karaun all kinds of fish taken in net, the haul taken in a net.
• ika ni karoa fish taken on reefs in waves with fishing net.
• ika ni katei fish hunted with pole and taken in landing net.
• ika ni kateme fish taken by gliding bait on surface (with short line and short rod).
• ika ni katiki fish taken in open sea by trawling bait <trolling?>.
• ika ni kauene fish taken by laying bait on bottom.
• ika ni marawa a deep sea fish.
• ika ni wai harpooned fish.
• ikabakubaku dryy>ied fish.
• ikabakubakuba cure dried fish.
• ikabata fish.
• ikabauea a fish (barracuda).
• ikabaun a gold fish (imported).
• ikabunoti fish of several varieties which live near the land after a…
• ikabuti fish which come in shoals at certain times.
• ikaika punching in the side.
• ikakoa Aphareus furcatus (ll).
• ikamate murderous, given to manslaying.
• ikamatoa fish.
• ikamaura a parrot fish (ll).
• ikamawa fish.
• ikanarina fish.
• ikanauau fish caught by drawing them out of holes in the rocks.
• ikanenea large deep-water fish covered with spikes and full of fat, (oil fish).
• ikanibanga fish caught in a banga.
• ikanibeka Ruvettus sp. (ll).
• ikanibinebine fish said to be caught through incantation.
• ikanibong fish.
• ikanibuti school of fish moving rapidly.
• ikanikabara fish caught in deep water with a line which is sunk by a stone to be…
• ikanikabuti fish caught with a line trailed along with a pole.
• ikanikae fish run down in shoal water.
• ikanikaraun fish taken in a seine.
• ikanikaroa fish caught in a seine with large meshes.
• ikanikatei fish caught by following up with a stick and scoop net until wearied.
• ikanikateme fish caught with a rod frequently lifted, making a slight smacking…
• ikanikatiki fish caught by towing a line astern.
• ikanikawene fish caught by a line resting on the bottom.
• ikanimoimoi Pterois sp. (ll).
• ikaniwai fish taken by spearing.
• ikanora fish which are relished raw.
• ikanroaroa fish caught with a pole and a short line.
• ikantabonao fish caught with a line.
• ikantabora abounding in many varieties of fish.
• ikantaboro fish caught in deep water.
• ikantaeka Cephalopholis urodelus (ll).
• ikantaotao fish caught with a fish-hook and line anchored with a little stone in…
• ikantaumata fish caught from a board or stick used as a raft or a life-buoy.
• ikanua fish caught with seine and rai by parties swimming.
• ikari fish.
• ikarikiriki fish.
• ikatuaia black rock codod <fish>.
• ikaunun certain style of the m'akei.
• ikauraura fish.
• iku rasp made of the skin of the baiku, a rasp.
• imaima scalee>ing fish.
• imana scale fish.
• imarawa a species of shark.
• imone small eel.
• imunai fish.
• imwunai Siganus sp. (ll).
• ina seek in marryiage.
• inai coconut leaf mat.
• inaina scalee>y as fish, or some varieties of pan.
• inawaro species of fish.
• ingamea Neothunnus macropterus (y).
• ingimea fish.
• inginea Neothunnus macropterus (scombridae).
• ingo fish.
• ira how many? always followed by a numerical suffix ai, ua, un, man, na,…
• iriri frequentative of iri.
• itibubura trigger fishh (Balidapus sp.).
• itikaro a crowd, mob, school of fish.
• itikurere to vibrate, to quiver (ex. with fear), to tremble (as bait before a…
• itua sew.
• ka an exclamation of emphasis always followed by some statement.
• kababa flattery.
• kabakoa fishing for sharks.
• kaban a shell-fish, the.
• kabanei a land bird, the.
• kabanga n ira brown mottled eel.
• kabanganira a brown mottled Ophichthid eel, possible name for all such eels (ll).
• kabanti a fish, the.
• kabeka causing looseness of the bowels.
• kabeku to engage in dislodging a fish form a scoop-net as it were by sleight…
• kabimaramara the largest fish in a catch or haul.
• kabubu ashamed.
• kabuibui causing one to be encrusted with salt.
• kabutewetewe to put fish over flame to cook without burning.
• kabutika poisonous as certain fish.
• kai easily, without difficulty, soon, readily.
• kai n auau an instrument to get fish out of crevices, hooked wire, hook used to…
• kaibiki an eel.
• kaikai a meal, a civilized meal.
• kaikain to shut.
• kaikaintababa small tiger shark (ll).
• kaira to lead, to conduct, to guide, to cause to accompany.
• kairi a slender person.
• kairoro to travel or go in the morning twilight.
• kaitewe a small tewe.
• kaiura easily angered, havein red leaves.
• kakiakia to engage in scattering fish by a sudden attack.
• kakimoa to charge with theft.
• kama the Southern cross.
• kamau to engage in drying fish.
• kamauti a fish, the.
• kan ora good to eat raw (fish).
• kana to eat, to consume.
• kana n ingo fish. Red Snapper.
• kananingo Lutianus bohar (ll,y).
• kaneati a fish-hook of mother of pearl.
• kannana a large bag or sack made of coconut twine.
• kanora relishable, as certain fish when eaten raw.
• karabaibai <fish> rock cod.
• karaunia to take fish with a seine.
• kare tabo n ati (?) to put out a fish line at end of reef or island.
• karere a home-made or extemporized fish-hook.
• karon a fish, the.
• karum a fish -- green fish.
• katabe the entrance to a ma.
• kataere to engage in lashing.
• katama a cat.
• kataurake to draw near as a school of fish.
• katawa a fish.
• katebetebe to nibble as a fish at a bait, to peck as a fowl.
• kati a gun, a musket.
• katura to slide along.
• katuru to engage in softening fish to be eaten raw.
• kaun to take fish in a seine carried on a canoe.
• kaunibatua combat of small fish called batua.
• kauoto a fish, the.
• kaura a small shrub whose leaves are used as kaiao.
• kauri full of bones, fish bones, bony.
• kawariki a fish, the.
• kawaruwaru shells used to attract sharks.
• kekerikaki frequentative of kerikaki to draw back, to withdraw.
• kerekaka a shell-fish, the.
• kerentari a species of devil fish, or stingaree, the.
• keru prevalent as thieving, noisy in gnawing.
• keti a flying-fish.
• kibakiba to fish with a rod and line.
• kibea to to take fish at night on the flats with scoop-net and torchlight.
• kiboa abounding in trees.
• kika a large squid.
• kikanang star fish, windmill, etc.
• kikibea frequentative of kibea to take fish at night on the flats with a…
• kikonang a toy leaf windmill, a windmill,.
• kimaung (1) a bad odour.
• kimoa to steal.
• kimokimo a fish.
• kirongo a stinging jelly fish.
• koa an insect.
• kobe coffee (ENG).
• kobu a species of shark.
• koinawa a fish.
• koinawaba a fish.
• kokona a catch of fish.
• kona to squeeze, to compress.
• koroba partially stranded, as fish or canoe in shoal water.
• korobaba (1) strewn on beach in disorder (fish, canoes, wreckage, etc.).
• korona the Rosary, rosary beads.
• korontari Manta sp..
• koumai a bivalvular shell-fish, the.
• koumara small shell fish, bivalvular.
• ku a fish, the.
• kuaine soldier fishh.
• kuau a fish, the.
• kuaua a fish, kingfish.
• kuaubani a fish.
• kuaubwi a fish.
• kuaumamaninga fish, rock cod.
• kuauntarawa a fish.
• kuaurang a fish.
• kuaurari a fish.
• kubeibeiti Holocentrus diadema (ll).
• kuia wood drifted to the islands.
• kuiarereba a fish.
• kungkung to grunt, indicating thereby dessatisfaction.
• kunibo grey colour as in pearl shell.
• kunikoi a fish.
• kurukuru moray eel.
• kwia wood drifted to the islands.
• ma this word is identical in use with the Hawaiian word ma, of which Mr.…
• ma ni kataenako (1) a fish trap (ma) having an opening at the far end where a net is…
• mabono stationary trap for fish <fishing>.
• maebo fish.
• maeko family Acanthuridae (ll).
• mai used imperatively, come here.
• make fish.
• makenikarawa fish.
• mako fish.
• makoko certain disease of the skin.
• mananai a fish, large parrot fish.
• mananei a fish, goat fish.
• manau partially dried as fish, beginning to dry as fish.
• maneku fish.
• manemane having much money.
• manga ni buka <fish> a species of kabubu.
• mannati a fish, bonito.
• manoku curving in,.
• manua fish.
• maoko fish.
• maotonibwe fish reserved or set aside in payment for canoe hire.
• mara soft as an animal shedding its skin.
• maraino gill of a fish.
• marang species of fish.
• marati fish.
• marawa ocean, deep sea, deep water.
• marironang a species of kabubu <fish>.
• matabaibai a fish resembling sole.
• matabareka having dirt or dust about or under the eyes.
• matabari fish.
• mataboa taeniura flagtail, fish.
• matakai skilled in avoiding a sudden thrust, wary.
• matakore fish.
• matamea snare for taking fish or fowl.
• matameri a shark with black spots.
• matan ikamaung fish of Gobies or Bennies species.
• matangt kamaung fish.
• mataniwi manager, chief, director.
• matantokomaung fish.
• matatara (?) fish (Bingham).
• matataratara a species of fish (ll).
• matau fish-hook <fishing>.
• mau dry.
• maunei rush, reed.
• mawa out of breath through wearyiness.
• moauai double-barreled gun.
• mokouru a fish.
• momoto frequentative of moto fish.
• mon fish.
• monamona fish.
• morikoi fish.
• moro measure, size, dimension (esp. used in idioms).
• moto bird.
• murikoi fish.
• namanama performa certain incantation.
• namata manipulate the bunna.
• nambauia Charcharhinus albimarginatus (charcharhindae).
• nari smooth stone.
• narikai the fish.
• natiati a fish.
• natin te taima Amphiprion bicinctus (ll).
• naunang shoal or school of fish.
• nauniman fish.
• nei fresh water pool or pond.
• neia the fish.
• neiakaka to be oiled, as a fish pond or well with oil or fat.
• neinei a shallow pool, pond.
• neinibaneawa mullet or baneawa pond <fishing>.
• neireurekea nudibranch (fish).
• neitoro bi-valvular shell fish.
• nekeneke the fish.
• nenei the fish.
• newekabane the fish.
• newenewe a shell fish.
• nibabakouti a small or young eel.
• nibakaouti a small eel (ll).
• nibakoakoa repugnance to eat shark (or other food).
• nibarabara to engage in filling small baskets with fish to be given to one's…
• nibawebawe small fish (bawe).
• nibongbong Gerres oblongus (y).
• nibongibong a fish, the.
• nibunini small or young buni (fish).
• nikamon name of a fish, the.
• nikarababa a bivalvular shellfish.
• nikarikiriki a shell fish. big. heart cockle.
• nikarinei a bivalvular shellfish.
• nikariri fish (the young ikari).
• nikaroutaunene a species of fish (ll).
• nikatang a fish, the.
• nikatebetebe spe of lobster, the cray fish.
• nikatinewa a shell fish.
• nikatona a bivalvular shellfish, the.
• nikatongitongnatu (1) dizziness of diver.
• nikoro a fish, the.
• nikorokoro a bivalvular shellfish.
• nikorotounene a fish, the.
• nikuauau a fish, the.
• nimaere male parrot fish (Scarus sordidus).
• nimaerere a fish line composed of hair and coconut fibre, used in sorcery.
• nimakai five, in counting trees, fish hooks, sections of land.
• nimakaka a shell fish.
• nimako a fish, young of mako, rock cod.
• nimanainai the adhereing vessels of the squid.
• nimanan dyspeptic, having heart burn, sick with a fever.
• nimanang a fish, kind of kuau, rock cod.
• nimaninaba an eel with ears like mouse.
• nimanini a small fish,the.
• nimatakanin a shell fish with operculum.
• nimatanin a shell fish.
• nimawawa a species of fish. wrasse.
• nimnai a small fish, rabbit fish.
• nimnainai the fish.
• nimtawawa a marine animal, a flag signal of the same.
• nimunai surgeon fishh (Teuthis rostratus).
• ningaro the early hours of the forenoon.
• ningoingo small fish.
• ningoningo a ringing in the ears.
• ninibabakouti young of eels.
• ninika an organ in a male fish.
• ninikatang abounding in nikatang, a fish.
• ninimai small white thin fish.
• ninimoti unevenly made, as a fish line.
• niribariba (Acanthuridae sp.). young surgeon fish.
• nokunoku frequentative of noku.
• nonoua to take fish with a scoop-net.
• nou a blister.
• nouaia a species of jelly-fish.
• nouo a conical shell fish (several species).
• nrabonobono indigestion or nausea of rabono (eel).
• nrakerake surgeon fishh.
• nrekereke a fish, the.
• nribariba a fish, the young riba.
• nrourou a fish, young of rou.
• nta a reddish bivalvular shellfish, often used as a neck ornament.
• ntabaeko a fish, the.
• ntabokai a fish, the.
• ntabungabunga a fish, the.
• ntaeaea the very young of the ninimai and the ikari.
• ntai a fish, the.
• ntamaiewekia fish.
• ntaningamea a fish, the.
• ntaninganinga languid, without energy, working slowly.
• ntaramauri fish.
• ntarema a fish, the.
• ntaremariaria a fish, the.
• ntaribariba poisoned by eating certain fish.
• ntarine a fish, the.
• ntarini a small reef fish with red flags on dorsal spine.
• ntarourou liable or disposed to vomit, as a young infant.
• ntibetibe a fish, the.
• ntorotoro to squat frequently when at work, through wearyiness.
• nunua a fish, the.
• nuonuo the fish.
• nwekabane Halichoeres centriquadrus.
• ngabingabi a mat used as a spread or container for food.
• nganga to engage in measuring fathoms.
• ngarei fish, the.
• ngawa having a fish-bone in the throat.
• ngea a tree, the.
• o stretch.
• okaoka fish.
• ona to paddle (a canoe, bark).
• onaeara a fish.
• onamare fish.
• onauti flying fish.
• oningea fish.
• ora shallow, shoal, not deep, low tide.
• oraora eating fish raw.
• ororo frequentative of fish with a seine and rai <fishing>.
• ouru fish.
• rabono an eel, the.
• rabonomai a white eel.
• rabononud an eel taken in an u.
• rabonotebanga Echidna zebra (ll).
• rabonotekabanga Echidna zebra (y).
• raewanai a fish, the.
• raewani a fish (sting fish).
• raku a fish, the.
• raku riri <fish> marlin.
• rakubani a fish, the.
• rakuika a fish, the.
• ranene having large meshes as a scoop-net.
• ranikai fish.
• raobani a fish, a variety of the bara.
• raobano a fish (Bara sp.).
• raubani a large fish.
• raubara garfish <fish>.
• raun a kind of fish-hook made of mother-of-pearl.
• re character.
• reiati a fish, the.
• reiawawa a fish, the.
• reiba Acanthurus nigroris (y).
• reibangiti a fish, the.
• reibanite a fish.
• reibu a fish, the.
• reibutababa a fish, the.
• reibutokotoko Abudefduf glaucus (ll).
• reikabu a fish hook of wood for shark fishing.
• reita to connect, to join.
• reke to be obtained, caught, secured, gotten.
• rekimoa a fish, sea bass.
• rereba a fish, the.
• rerebatabaniban a fish, the.
• rerekoti a fish.
• ri a bone, a principal straight mark in tattoo.
• ri n ika fish bones.
• ri ni buare rib bones of fish.
• riba crowded.
• ribabui Acanthurus aliala (ll).
• ribabwi a fish, surgeon fish.
• ribabwibwi a fish, the.
• ribakatawa a fish, the.
• ribakuia a fish, the.
• ribanti a fish, surgeon fish.
• ribaoraia a fish, the.
• ribaroro a fish, surgeon fish.
• ribatanin a fish, the.
• ribataukarawa a fish, the.
• riebu a fish.
• rimai a fish, the.
• rinika blighted or defective, as the kernel of a young coconut.
• ripa Acanthurus bleekeri (acanthuridae) A. mata.
• ripatanin Acanthurus lineatus (acanthuridae).
• riri a skirt, a skirt fringe of split coconut leaves, the usual dress of…
• riro a fish, the.
• riro ni kai a fish (in shoals), rudder fish.
• rironikai a fish, the.
• roa a fish, the.
• rokea a fish, the.
• rokeatau a species of shark with pointed snout.
• roroko a large were.
• rorokoti a fish, the.
• rou a fish, the.
• roubaneawa a fish, the.
• ruanuna a special kind of fish net.
• ruarua abounding in babai pits.
• ruatu a large fish-pond trap of stone wall.
• ruoikabuti a fish, the.
• ta tar, paint (ENG).
• taba the blossom of the pan.
• tababa a species of shark, the.
• tabakia a species of kabubu <fish>.
• tabaraereke flying fishh.
• tabokai a fish.
• tabonikai a short piece of wood.
• tae ua to bind eel pot with double cord.
• tai bakoa time for sharks (overcast).
• taimake a marine gelatinous animal, the.
• takabe a fish, the.
• takaere to flop as a fish.
• takarema to flop about as a fish on shore.
• takariroriro wriggling <wriggle>, fidgety, frisky (as fish caught), jumping about,…
• taku to say, to think, to suppose, to imagine.
• taman salmon fish (ENG).
• tanai an adze.
• tani a plural form equivalent to the english suffix -ers.
• tania n atibu fish which stay always among the same rocks.
• taninga n atibu a mollusc, a fish.
• taningamea fish, a name for eels, etc.
• tannaba to wind up as a fish line.
• taono a fish, the.
• taotao to fish with the bait on the bottom and the line sometimes buried in…
• taou to put down bow net, eel pot with sinker.
• taouru to engage in drying fish by giving them a second partial baking.
• tara kautuai a fish resembling kuau.
• taraba a fish, the.
• tarabanara a fish, the.
• tarabannara a species of fish.
• tarabuti a fish, the.
• tarabutinang a fish,the.
• tarabutinimarawa a very long tarabuti.
• tarai a fish, the.
• tarakautuai a fish, the.
• tari salt water, salt, a sea.
• tari ni karoa a fish net with large mesh.
• taribubu slightly roiled, as by fish feeding.
• tarine a fish, the.
• tarire a n tarire, nga n tarire: distant relationship.
• taritari to associate as brethren.
• tatae to fish for the ana or nauti in a canoe by torchlight.
• tau a fish, the.
• tauanei a fish, the.
• tauman a fish, the.
• taungea a method of fishing.
• taurake tataurake: to inhale upwards (as fish after bait, asthmatic after…
• tauri (S.) ntaritari (N.) (perhaps) oil fish.
• tauti stingy, selfish, niggardly.
• tawa a fish, the.
• tawaieta species of eel with long head, non oily.
• tawatawa a fish, the.
• tawia a fish. blue spot rock codd.
• te a always followed by a numeral suffix, ai,ua,un,man,nga,kai,kora or a…
• tebarairai to sizzle as frying fish.
• teitei frequentative of tei.
• tewe a fish, the.
• tewera a fish, the.
• tia completed, finished, done.
• tiki to stretch, as in yawning.
• tiki ni kona lit. line taut from fish caught.
• tikoba to catch, as a fruit being thrown down from a tree.
• tikuroaroa a fish, the.
• tinaemea a fish, the.
• tinaemia Lutjanus monostiomus (lutjanidae).
• tinanmea Lutianus semicinctus.
• tinannei a fish which runs aground.
• tine to hang.
• tineemea Lutianus semicinctus (ll).
• tinete to engage in exposing drying fish to a fire the second time.
• tinetea to expose drying fish to a fire a second time.
• tintin to roast, to broil.
• tiribaibai to flop about as a fish out of water.
• toaua a fish, the.
• tokomaung Ten Toko...: a fish renowned for slowness.
• tumara a shell-fish, the.
• tuna (1) result, issue.
• tung tunga (N.), tuna (S.). to recook or reheat food in order to preserve…
• tutu to trickle,.
• u trap to catch eels <fishing>.
• ua fishing in deep water in which a number of persons accompany or…
• ua n ati young fish just spawned around rocks.
• uai two in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• uaiaki twenty, in counting fish and tuae.
• uakabu a fish, a black riba.
• uakeang fish.
• uamanea round up as pigs.
• uananti blighted or poorly developed coconut.
• uanati fish.
• ubanaine a fish (Labridae sp.), wrasse.
• ubaroro a species of frigate bird with black chest.
• ubo small fish.
• uboa fish for ubo.
• uianau Epibulus insidator.
• umum bakee>ing in an earth-oven.
• unabia fertile female flying fish.
• unaenae general term for fish smaller than urakaraka.
• unikai babai.
• unimai fish.
• uningabo a poisonous fish, like small lizard.
• unun crossness, moroseness, disposition to quarrel or fight.
• ura blaze.
• urakaraka general term for small fish.
• uringabo fish.
• urua destroy, break.
• uruaongo kingfish of largest species <fish>.
• urukameru a species of shark.
• urunga work a steering oar, so as to "keep off".
• wa a canoe.
• wae ni ma (1) arm of fish trap, low stone wall which gathers fish towards ma…
• waenima to swim as fish in long lines.
• wai to blow as the wind.
• wakaniba a species of dark coloured shark.
• wanimatang to eat fish (just caught) in privacy.
• warinibuni a fish, the.
• warinonauti a fish, the.
• waru to nibble, as a fish, at a bait.
• were a fish, the.
• wi maung (1) evil smelling mouth (insult).
• wi mona a species of fish. parrot fish.
• wiatibu a fish, the.
• wiau a shell-fish, the.
• wibubura a fish, the.
• wibunoti a species of fish.
• wikaru Lutianus bohar (ll).
• wimona a fish, the.
• winiona a parrotfish (ll).
• wirikoi a species of fish.
• witae a large eel, the.