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Ethnobotany (Luomala)

Every word from Katharine Luomala's study of plants and their uses in the Gilbert Islands.

275 Kiribati words

• ai(i) Birgus latro.
• aikai these.
• amori fish.
• ana his, her, its.
• anaroro anaororo (k).
• ango tree.
• anoi shark.
• arinai fish.
• arinaimawa a fish.
• ata know.
• ati ass, donkey (ENG).
• atitaai Porites (coelenterate).
• atiuaro autualo.
• atuaomata Dasyatidae.
• atunaomata fish.
• aua hour (ENG).
• auakurere family Mugilidae (ll).
• auamaran Mugil engeli (ll).
• auaririki family Mugilidae (ll).
• auataba Mugil vaigiensis (ll).
• aubuna Hippopus hippopus.
• aubunga very large shell fish.
• aumeang winter.
• awa boil.
• awai fish.
• awatai fish.
• awnei Manta sp..
• baamai Pomacentridae.
• baara pala.
• baba foolish, destitute of reason, wanting in umderstanding, weak in…
• babaeina Lutjanus monostigmus.
• babakoinawa lancet fish (large one).
• babatababa large tiger shark.
• babu a fish, the.
• baeao the pearl shell.
• baewe Neothunnus macropterus (ll).
• baibai a fish, the.
• baibo a fish, the.
• baiburebure a species of shark, the.
• baikinakina flying fish.
• baiku the fish.
• baimanuteitei (teitei) Manta (mobulidae).
• baimanutemai fai.
• baimare flying fish.
• bairera Neothunnus macropterus (scombridae).
• bairoro Prognichthys albimaculatus (ll).
• baitaba 1. a species of fish with large fins (big ntaningamea).
• baitari a species of jelly fish.
• bakati a fish, the.
• bakoa a shark (general term for the genus).
• bakoanimarawa Charcharhinus amblyrhynchos.
• bana the voice, a word.
• baneawa name of a fish, the mullet.
• baneriki a fish, the.
• banunua fish, barracuda.
• baomara fish, snapper.
• baotaburimai fish, snapper.
• baraitoa a small hat.
• barakua a fish, a variety of the bara.
• baratau a fish, a variety of the bara.
• barebue Caranx sexfasciatus (ll).
• barere a fish, the.
• bari smooth and level as land.
• baru a fish, the.
• batinou a species of sea urchin covered with poisoned spikes like needles.
• batua a large shell fish, the.
• batuaaikairake all small Canthigasteridae.
• baue Lutjanus fulvus.
• baueata Lutjanus kasmira.
• baweata a fish, the.
• baweina a fish, the.
• bawemare unknown Lutjanus.
• bawetaburimai a fish, the.
• bere an insulting exclamation of great contempt.
• beru a species of lizard, the.
• beru taburimai all large geckos.
• binaing a fish, the.
• boina fish, spot snapper.
• boingo a fish, the.
• bokaboka mud.
• bubu a fish, the.
• bubuakai Melichthys buniva (balistidae).
• 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.
• 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.
• bubutakawaru a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubuwaki a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bubuwiura a fish, a variety of the bubu.
• bukibaraba fish, yellow snapper.
• bukibuki a sixty-gallon cask, a cask.
• bukikakang a shell with pointed end.
• bukimaka a fish, the.
• bukimanai Chanos chanos.
• bukimeri Gymnothorax monostigma (ll).
• bukinrin a fish.
• bukirabaraba a fish, yellow snapper.
• bukitakeiau a fish.
• bun many, much, abundant.
• buni a fish, the.
• bure passed over, given away, teansferred.
• bureinawa a fish, the.
• burerewa orange money, cowry shell.
• buro the heart.
• bwere a shell or tin for cutting.
• enga coral on the flats, that emits much odor.
• eri a deep-water fish, long, slender and having four hooked fins.
• iba taburimai Carpilius maculatus l. (i).
• ibaba fish.
• ibabanrotuma fish.
• ibabataranga Chaetodon falcula (y).
• ibo soft, long or wormlike marine animal.
• ieniwa fish.
• ikabata fish.
• ikabauea a fish (barracuda).
• ikabaun a gold fish (imported).
• ikabingao Pypoplites diacanthus (y).
• ikakoa Aphareus furcatus (ll).
• ikamatoa fish.
• ikamawa fish.
• ikanarina fish.
• ikanenea large deep-water fish covered with spikes and full of fat, (oil fish).
• ikanibeka Ruvettus sp. (ll).
• ikanibong fish.
• ikanimoimoi Pterois sp. (ll).
• ikantaeka Cephalopholis urodelus (ll).
• ikari fish.
• ikarikiriki fish.
• ikatuaia black rock codod <fish>.
• ikauea devil fishh.
• imone small eel.
• inai coconut leaf mat.
• 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.).
• kabaau Cypraea (Gastropod).
• kaban a shell-fish, the.
• kabanei a land bird, the.
• kabanganira a brown mottled Ophichthid eel, possible name for all such eels (ll).
• kabaua Cypraea sp. (i).
• kabinea a shell-fish, the.
• kabubu ashamed.
• kairoro to travel or go in the morning twilight.
• kaiura easily angered, havein red leaves.
• kakawa frequentative of kawa.
• kama the Southern cross.
• kamanging intoxicating, having kamanging in store or on hand.
• kamauti a fish, the.
• karau to rain.
• karon a fish, the.
• katati a shell-knife, a knife for cutting karewe.
• katuiaia a sea-urchin.
• katura to slide along.
• kauoto a fish, the.
• kauti to engage in awakening.
• keang a species of seaweed, alga (pasture of turtles).
• kereboki a sea-slug, beche de mer,.
• kika a large squid.
• kikanang star fish, windmill, etc.
• kikao a small squid.
• kima a bivalvular shell-fish.
• kimamama grapsid crab.
• kimarawa a long branching coral, red, dark, or white.
• kimawa blue and green Scarus.
• kimoa to steal.
• kimokimo a fish.
• koikoi a bivalvular shell, used in scraping out food.
• koikoinanti a bivalvular shell-fish.
• koinawa a fish.
• kokoti a shell-fish.
• kona to squeeze, to compress.
• koumara small shell fish, bivalvular.
• ku a fish, the.
• kuau a fish, the.
• kuia wood drifted to the islands.
• kukua a variety of crab, the.
• kungkung to grunt, indicating thereby dessatisfaction.
• mai used imperatively, come here.
• makauro soldier crab.
• makaurontari large variety or species of the soldier crab.
• make fish.
• mako fish.
• manai scissors.
• manoku curving in,.
• maowa Parupeneus barberinus (mullida).
• matabareka having dirt or dust about or under the eyes.
• mmnai Siganus rostratus (siganidae).
• mnawa Parabaccus antarcticus Lund.
• mon fish.
• morikoi fish.
• nambauia Charcharhinus albimarginatus (charcharhindae).
• neang a two-horned shell, spider shell.
• nei toro neitoro (k).
• neikamanging Nudibranchs (gastropod).
• neireurekia nudibranch (i).
• neitoro bi-valvular shell fish.
• neuekabane Alutera scripta (monocanthida).
• nikarewerewe a crab.
• nikarikiriki a shell fish. big. heart cockle.
• nikatebetebe spe of lobster, the cray fish.
• nikatona a bivalvular shellfish, the.
• nimakaka a shell fish.
• nimako a fish, young of mako, rock cod.
• nimanang a fish, kind of kuau, rock cod.
• nimatanin a shell fish.
• nimatawawa Physalia (coelenterate).
• niuarouaro large green shrimps.
• niwarowaro Crangon strenuus Dana (i).
• nneue lobster (Palinurus).
• nnonno Calappa hepatica L..
• nokunoku frequentative of noku.
• nou a blister.
• nouo a conical shell fish (several species).
• ntababa a sea slug.
• ntabanebane Echinoderm.
• ntabarereki Charybdis crythrodadyla lamark.
• ntarema a fish, the.
• nunua a fish, the.
• nuonuo the fish.
• onauti flying fish.
• rabonomai a white eel.
• rakuika a fish, the.
• rakuriri Istiophorus platypterus (istiophoridae).
• ramauoua Scaridae.
• raun a kind of fish-hook made of mother-of-pearl.
• reibu a fish, the.
• rereba a fish, the.
• rinonikai Kyphosus (kyphosidae).
• 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.
• rirongo a variety of coral.
• rokea a fish, the.
• roroko a large were.
• rou a fish, the.
• taa to smooth off, to remove roughness, to trim.
• tababa a species of shark, the.
• tabaeko Fistularia petimba (Fistulariida).
• takua dolphin.
• taritari to associate as brethren.
• tarrake Cardium.
• tau a fish, the.
• tauti stingy, selfish, niggardly.
• tauu Charonia tritonis (gastropod).
• teitei frequentative of tei.
• tentababa Xanthid.
• tewe a fish, the.
• tia completed, finished, done.
• tikunei a small grey lizard.
• tinaemia Lutjanus monostiomus (lutjanidae).
• tinatinanikoinawa Ophiodesoma (echinoderm).
• tine to hang.
• tintin to roast, to broil.
• tuai not yet, a verbal adverb, an adverbial verb.
• tumara a shell-fish, the.
• ubaraniti sea snaill.
• unun crossness, moroseness, disposition to quarrel or fight.
• ura blaze.
• urua destroy, break.
• uteute ni marawa all macro-algae (oceangrass).
• waro a species of crab, the.
• were a fish, the.
• were makai Tridacoconuta squamosa (i).
• wiaau Cymathium (gastropod).
• wikakang bold and caustic in speech.