Fishing

Methods, gear and bait for fishing.

231 Kiribati words

abea fish bait.
abeana to use as bait, to choose a certain bait.
aiai timbers or ribs of a craft.
aima to make a fish trap of stones.
akai four, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
akawa to fish.
anea bait thrown out to allure fish.
animana to take with scoop net, to use a...
antibuaka evil spirit or god.
aoreke good place for shell fishing.
arataba a large red fish (taken 60 fathoms down).
atarake going upwards as seen from the bottom (fish, etc.).
atiati having a number of chests.
atibung stone sinker used in fishing.
atintaotao fishing.
atintarawa fishing in deep water with taboro.
au pan leaf used in caulking a canoe.
auabubuti a long spear (over 4 yards).
auau drawing forth.
ba rairai a way of fishing consisting of encircling a rock or heap of stones…
baeao the pearl shell.
bainikanewe a hook, coat hanger.
bakatati evenly cut.
bakoa a shark (general term for the genus).
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 ni matang 1. an ancient kind of mosquito net made of mat sewn at ends, leaving…
barairai to fish with a seine and rai on the ocean flat <fsg>.
bei a pile of stones on a flat collected as a snare for fish.
betia a weapon.
birinako evasion.
boi unsuccessful in fishing.
bomanea to surround, to encircle with net..., in pen, etc.
bonorawa 1. a channel or passage obstructed by waves.
buange a bullet, lead.
bukiniwae the heel.
bureinawa a fish, the.
bureiwa fishing for bureinawa at night with line outside of reef.
butare successful, obtaining as in fishing.
butongotongo a kind of big fish trap made of inai (mats) or leaves (temporary).
bwe an oar, a steering oar, a rudder.
ewa crack in a board.
ibeibe breaking up or open.
ie lewd heathen amusement.
ika ni kabuti fish taken by moving bait over surface with line.
ika ni kateme fish taken by gliding bait on surface (with short line and short rod).
ika ni kauene fish taken by laying bait on bottom.
itikurere to vibrate, to quiver (ex. with fear), to tremble (as bait before a…
kaanoai a certain way of fishing with coconut.
kababa flattery.
kabae bara a mode of fishing in which bara are caught in a snare.
kabakoa fishing for sharks.
kabanga bubu fishing for bubu with a bent wire.
kabara to forgive, to unloose, to untie, to undo.
kabaru to entrap, to engage in entrapping.
kabata to fish with a kabata.
kabimaramara the largest fish in a catch or haul.
kabirinako live bait, as a small live fish with a hook in its back.
kabong Thursday (4th day).
kabora to knead, as pan pulp into thin plates.
kabuki a kind of fishing.
kabungi namakaina a manner of fishing after moon sets.
kabuti a short stepping with swinging of the hips in the ruoia by women.
kae a mode of fishing by running down a fish in shoal water.
kaewe to fish for the baneawa.
kaewewe to toss up repeatedly.
kai easily, without difficulty, soon, readily.
kai n akawa fishing tackle.
kai n roa a fishing rod (more usual) te kai n roaroa.
kai n ruruo a certain fishing rod for bara fishing.
kai n taura a suspension hook.
kai ni kabaru a rat trap, a mouse trap.
kai ni kaenaena the other stick with bait attached used in eel fishing.
kai ni kawakewake a fishing rod (for fishing bara, skin of nari used as bait).
kai ni kibakiba a long fishing rod to which is fixed line called abo.
kai rereba a spade, a lance, a spear (lit. instrument with wide cutting edge).
kaibetia kaibetian te...: floats on fishing nets and lines.
kaingimea to fish for the ingimea.
kaingo to fish with a line on board a canoe.
kainikabaru a trap.
kainikibakiba a fishing pole.
kainroa a fishing pole, a stick for drawing water.
kainroaroa a fishing pole, a stick for drawing water.
kakaun frequentative of kaun.
kamaneku to fish for maneku.
kamauti a fish, the.
kanawaru to steal, to be improvident.
kaneati a fish-hook of mother of pearl.
karabino a round spear.
karaia to make flexible, as a coconut leaf by wilting it under the sun.
karakeman to fish for newe with torches on the ocean reef.
karane lobster fishing.
karanea to engage in fishing for small squid by moonlight.
karaun a large seine.
karekare to be ingaged in throwing.
kareke an earring.
karere a home-made or extemporized fish-hook.
kari fishing for the ikari.
kariaua to fish for the aua with a seine.
karirinang a kind of spear which was pointed towards large cetacea to keep them…
karotu to approach with hostile intent.
karou to fish for rou.
karuotari an incantation for fishing nets before putting them in the sea for…
katababa to fish for the tababa.
katabe the entrance to a ma.
kataere to engage in lashing.
kataira to do at the wrong time or at unusual time.
kataukarokaro n auan a manner of fishing with flares for small fish (auan) (S) te oi…
katebetebea to nibble a bait, to peck to pieces.
kateme to smack as the lips in calling a dog.
katiki to pace to and fro.
katoka imunai fishing for imunai.
katoka kuau fishing for kuau.
katokaimunai to fish for the imunai.
katuatara to engage in throwing spears.
katura to slide along.
kauaki to fish by towing the bait astern.
kauki a crab.
kaun to take fish in a seine carried on a canoe.
kautae the handle of a scoop-net, of the riena.
kauwaro to fish for waro.
kawariki a fish, the.
kawene to fish for ikari by letting the fish-line lie along the bottom.
kibakiba to fish with a rod and line.
kibe to fish at night on flats with a torch and scoop-net.
kibena a big scoop net.
kiboi unlucky in fishing, no catch.
kiboiboi unsuccessful in fishing.
kiri a dog.
kokona a catch of fish.
konakona habitually successful, as in fishing.
korona the Rosary, rosary beads.
kuan a kind of scoop-net.
kurebe a grape-vine (ENG).
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>.
maine handle of an adze.
mama ashamed, abashed.
mane brother of a sister, or a sister of a brother.
manea receive, embrace.
mangai spear with branches.
maran straight as the hair.
matakai skilled in avoiding a sudden thrust, wary.
matamea snare for taking fish or fowl.
matau fish-hook <fishing>.
mau anea fond of bait, greedy.
mauwere a certain manner of fishing using the were for bait.
nainai hoop of a scoop net.
neinibaneawa mullet or baneawa pond <fishing>.
nibabakouti a small or young eel.
nibanimate exposed to danger, as when fishing for sharks.
nikamon name of a fish, the.
nimakai five, in counting trees, fish hooks, sections of land.
nnanna te nanna. baby talk for food.
nonou to fish with a scoop-net.
ntaeaea the very young of the ninimai and the ikari.
ngea a tree, the.
oi the very thing itself, the very person himself, one's self.
oi n tatae torch for form of fishing called tatae ($onauti~).
oi ni kibe torch of palm leaves for fishing called te kibe.
okaoka fish.
orea beat, strike.
ororo frequentative of fish with a seine and rai <fishing>.
ota light (opp of darkness).
raibaenata to fish with the aid of a baenata.
raku bakabane spear fishh.
raku ika spear fishh.
ranea faint, or languishing through want of food.
reikabu a fish hook of wood for shark fishing.
rekerua entangled.
riakitoauea a mode of fishing on a canoe with a fishhook in which the fisherman…
riena a scoop-net.
rika a wooden needle for braiding nets.
roaroa frequentative of roa.
ruanuna a special kind of fish net.
ruatu a large fish-pond trap of stone wall.
tabaneaki a fishing net (short with stake at each end) (S.).
tabeka to lift up, to take up.
taboa to call, to mention.
tabora excellent fishing ground.
taboro a mode of fishing with a line in deep water.
tabowa a spear without teeth shorter than the maran.
taeabea stripped as a fishhook of its bait.
taeninimai to fish for the ninimai.
takai a short cord attached at the middle to a fishhook and then twisted…
takaia to provide a fishhook with a short segment of line by which it is to…
taneinei a mode of fishing.
tanga to stretch out as a wing.
tania a spare fishhook.
taobai fishing for ikarikiriki with a seine.
taobara a kind of fishing.
taobei to fish with the aid of a baenata.
taobuki down by the stern.
taomata floater, used by divers when fishing.
taorae a mode of fishing by night on the ocean side.
taorai to weigh down mat (nets) with stones.
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.
tara to bail out a well, to wipe with a leaf or towel.
tarai a fish, the.
tari ni karoa a fish net with large mesh.
tatae to fish for the ana or nauti in a canoe by torchlight.
taumangaria a long spear with branches opposite one another.
taumata to fish with a log or board for a canoe.
taungea a method of fishing.
tauroaroa tatauroaroa: activity, diligence, constancy, skilfulness in finding…
tebe to spring, to snap.
tekaina one, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
teke pierced, stabbed, struck, hit, surpassed.
teke ua tabo beaten both ways, going and coming (race).
tenabun caught in a rock as a weight, sunken in a seine.
tenikai three, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
teweaki to fish with a rod and line on the ocean shore.
tiki to stretch, as in yawning.
tikinene stretched, stretched irregularly (cloth, mosquito net, sail).
tikoba to catch, as a fruit being thrown down from a tree.
toroa to file as a fishhook.
u trap to catch eels <fishing>.
ua fishing in deep water in which a number of persons accompany or…
uke consumed as bait, consuming.
ukinana eating out the kernel of a coconut with the teeth, gnaw.
unun crossness, moroseness, disposition to quarrel or fight.
urakaraka general term for small fish.
wae ni ma (1) arm of fish trap, low stone wall which gathers fish towards ma…
waeroa having long thin legs (like fishing rod).
wanikai eight, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
wanin to engage in mending a hole in a mat.
warawara having open or net work, here and ther a tree.
waru to nibble, as a fish, at a bait.
waruta wawaruta: to pull, to nibble (bait), to importunate, to annoy by…