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Games, songs and dance

Dances, songs, games and pastimes.

185 Kiribati words

• abo fish-line attached to a rod.
• abuabu scooping up.
• ae who, which.
• akora four baskets.
• anau length.
• anene song, hymn.
• anenea sing of, sing as a hymn.
• araumakai pandanus fruit.
• atau stone used in the game of kabane.
• babu a fish, the.
• baebaeti idem. lamentation, plaint, dirge, chant of lamentations.
• bakabu filling in, padding of dance melodies.
• bakatamoa a sort of ballet dance, imported from Samoa.
• banga ni kuna knowing a great number of songs (inexhaustible source...).
• banganikuna compasing or rehearsing many chants.
• baraua soft bread (ENG).
• batere Nei Batere. a star, Capella (?).
• batua a large shell fish, the.
• bebengu a kind of game.
• bebenu a game (consisting of tying ing all around one so as to look…
• bebeti the name of a god.
• ben a general term for a ripe coconut.
• boiri a game, in which a ball (ano) is kicked and kept off the ground.
• borau sailing, navigation.
• boua to build a new canoe.
• buka a tree, the.
• bungitarai at dance to attract attention.
• bwe an oar, a steering oar, a rudder.
• bwerei a fence.
• bwereraun a bivalvular shell-fish, the.
• e he, she, it.
• ekara begin a speech or song.
• ewebwerei game of jumping the rope or over an object.
• i I, me.
• ibetao bivalvular shell.
• ibetoa a children's game comprised of knocking two shells together to see…
• ibo soft, long or wormlike marine animal.
• ibutika mutual relationship of butika.
• ieao joke.
• ietoa a certain tragi-comic game consisting of a sham war.
• ika n rei fish which leaps..., plays at the surface (as porpoise).
• ikabaebae game or sport in which something is hidden in the sand to be sought…
• ikaika punching in the side.
• ikakae game of tag, chasing one another.
• ikaraba game of hide and seek.
• ikaroaroa a game, sort of tilting match in water, two persons standing on…
• ikatokatoka a game in which a ball is thrown from one to another by foot or hand.
• iranikai gesticulate, parry with the hands.
• iriniwae irinuwae to push with the toes (something hanging).
• iriribi play the game of iribi.
• itabetabe a game in which players carry one another in turns (N.).
• itua n rereba a string figure in the game of cat's cradle; wau cul.
• kaba copper (ENG).
• kabane a game in which a ball attached to a string is used.
• kabatete more or less steep, sloping.
• kabei to play at kabei.
• kabekarakara to blackguard or insult in song.
• kabungiro sorcery for dance (cover with shadows the opposing side).
• kabure a game of spatting hands, a style of mat.
• kaburinako a game resembling quoits.
• kabuti a short stepping with swinging of the hips in the ruoia by women.
• kabwe a game of rounders.
• kaeba to toss high as a quoit.
• kai n tirere a baton for tirere play.
• kai n toru a rod used in play called toru or karanga.
• kainikamaen to compose a song or chant.
• kainikatua a stick used in a game of throwing.
• kakino i-kakino: game of chasing, chasing each other.
• kakuri a game.
• kamaei a pastime at seesawing.
• kamaen v to compose dances;
• kamane plotting, waylaying.
• kamanei a small makei, a toy canoe.
• kamanene to practice the rehearsal of a chant in a low voice.
• kamaniman play, sport.
• kamei to perform the kamei.
• kaotioti to testify, to witness, to make revelation, to preach.
• karanga a stream, a brook, a river.
• kare itoi a game in former times (consisted of throwing burning beti at each…
• kare ngutu a game with three skittles named:
• karekarawa hop scotch game.
• karekare to be ingaged in throwing.
• karemakai to play a game with operculums.
• karemotu a game of skittles.
• karengutu a game in which effort is made to hit a coconut on the ground with a…
• karetika to play the game of karetika.
• karetunga a game.
• kareuea a game of skittles or ball.
• kario to compose a song.
• karoron a game slightly resembling ten-pins.
• karuotua to gamble, to bet.
• karuru a fringed ornament for the fingers in the ruoia.
• katake a monotonous chant.
• katata the game of skipping stones.
• kateimaie to start worldly games.
• katiki to pace to and fro.
• katiko a game of pitch and toss.
• katiri (1) the dancer occupying the corner in ruoia.
• katokatoka to play at a game of ball in which the ball is constantly knocked…
• katua to give a wide berth to, to make of medium size.
• kauniben kauni ben: solidity.
• keru prevalent as thieving, noisy in gnawing.
• kikonang a toy leaf windmill, a windmill,.
• kinibaubau a child's game.
• kino a game of tag.
• kino ikakino game of chasing.
• kiribane kikiribane a game.
• kora coconut fiber cord.
• korowi festivities <festivity> after two top boards of new canoe have been…
• koua a certain game.
• kuna a song.
• kunana to talk much about.
• kurara our songs.
• maie worldly pleasure, dissipation.
• makare a game.
• makei thorn on the side of the pan leaf, barb.
• maneue words of a song, <lyrics>, language.
• manewe mention in a song.
• manewea mention a name in song, sing of one.
• mantorotoro a song, a singer, a dancer sitting down.
• mara soft as an animal shedding its skin.
• mate ni kuna memorized, learnt by heart (as song repeated over and over again).
• mautorotoro song or chant used in begging.
• motiki tawaina in a certain game the act of breaking the tanea on the back of a…
• na karanga (who plays at karanga). a constellation.
• naunau outrigger of the makei.
• newenewe a shell fish.
• nikarara of unikarara.
• nikararai a certain game (see below).
• nikararao a pan leaf hoop, driven by the wind.
• nikaririaki name of a certain game.
• nimaomao toy canoe.
• nimatareare a small kite.
• ong_ at the end of song; end, finished.
• oreano general term for ballplaying.
• oro tenua a child's game.
• orotai to beat time, to conduct singing (music).
• otea fold.
• oto kuna to compose songs, poems.
• otoanene compose words to be set to music.
• otokuna compose a chant for the ruoia.
• ototo breaking, folding or composeing.
• raba rubber (ENG).
• rabino a lewd game.
• rairaki ni man an attitude, a pose in dance.
• rangarangatau a miniature racing canoe of a certain style.
• raun a kind of fish-hook made of mother-of-pearl.
• rei to skip or bound as a porpoise.
• ruoia heathen chanting accompanied with gestures, slaps, and stamps.
• rurubene assistants or helpers of tia ototo.
• tabetabe to engage in carrying, to repeatedly carry.
• takakaro to play, to sport.
• tamanre a game.
• tangimate funeral chant.
• tangitang frequentative of tang.
• taobaro to throw low in the game of karetika.
• taubati a dance imported from Samoa. ballet with singing, march rhythm.
• taubuki the top, the ridge.
• te aina one, one piece (of game).
• teboran to play at water throwing.
• tenikora three, in counting baskets.
• teru (word with double meaning) dance.
• tie a swing.
• tikoia Ten tikoia: a child's game.
• tirere a certain kind of game or amusement.
• toka a chief, a large land-holder.
• toru an outdoor game accompanied with chanting and the striking of sticks.
• tuatua frequentative of tua to tell and to glance.
• uakora two baskets.
• uba the part of the upper breast over the sternum.
• uniba mock-fight by children using coconut leaf midribs as spears.
• unikarara a game, juggling <juggle> objects.
• unikitaba a child's game, tapping cheeks.
• uniwaka an ancient game, kind of sham battle with green batons of midribs of…
• uouan te kai war dance.
• uouo rock and sing.
• uouoa rock and sing a child to sleep in one's arms while walking or sitting.
• wa a canoe.
• wa ni banga a native dance.
• wae ni kun to walk like kun, dance step, small quick steps with sudden stops on…
• waeuai a miniature racing canoe with two sticks holding the outrigger.
• wairoro to play with on of the same age.
• wantarawa the name of a long chant in the ruoia.
• wau cat's-cradle.
• wi a tooth, the mouth, an edge.