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Numbers and counting

Numerals, counting words and measures.

191 Kiribati words

• aai four, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timbers,…
• aba four, in counting leafves.
• abubua four hundred.
• ai flint lock musket.
• akai four, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
• akora four baskets.
• akuri four hundred thousand.
• aman four, in counting persons and animals.
• ang wind, air.
• anga shoulder.
• anganga frequentative of anga.
• arebu forty thousand.
• arinibai the quick of the nail (flesh around nail).
• ati ass, donkey (ENG).
• atiati having a number of chests.
• atoki four hundred million.
• aung four, in counting pandanus fruit.
• babaro assembled in numbers.
• baiati generous, giving without counting, good measure.
• bainte a pint (ENG).
• baire to engage in measuring.
• banao many.
• banga ni kuna knowing a great number of songs (inexhaustible source...).
• baro the forelock cropped or banged above the etes <hair>.
• batau take measure.
• beke a fix (used only with bo. it is idiomatic.
• bekoko assembled in great numbers.
• beroro of dark complexion.
• bua lost, missing.
• bubua hundred.
• bungira second share.
• buti to go along, to move along, to sail along.
• bwi ten, in counting things in general.
• e he, she, it.
• ea exclamation of surprise.
• eba high, as the eaves of a house.
• euta toss up as in kabane.
• ewa crack in a board.
• iati yard, three feet (ENG).
• ikoa word used while the speaker is calling to mind the name of a place.
• irakai how many? in counting trees, fish-hooks, and sections of land.
• irakora how many? in counting baskets.
• iraman how many? in counting persons or animals.
• iranga how many? in counting fathoms.
• iraua how many? in counting things in general.
• iraung how many? in counting pandanus fruit.
• iri go in company.
• iti seven, always followed by a numeral suffix or certain noun.
• itiai seven in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• itibubua seven hundred.
• itikai seven in counting trees, fish-hooks and sections of land.
• itikora seven in counting baskets.
• itikuri seven hundred thousand.
• itiman seven, in counting persons,animals, months.
• itinga seven thousand, seven in counting fathoms.
• itirebu seventy thousand.
• ititoki seven hundred million.
• itiung seven in counting pandanus fruit.
• itua sew.
• kabubua to make a full hundred.
• kabuti man measures taken in order to bring about engagement of marriage,…
• kamauti a fish, the.
• kana to eat, to consume.
• karan to be on the watch against, to stand guard.
• kora coconut fiber cord.
• kororo cut too short, as a skirt or trousers.
• korotabo to engage in false accusation.
• kuo a coconut-shell cup for receiving boiled anointing oil before putting…
• kuri hundred thousand.
• maiti many, much.
• man from (it becomes mani before m, b, k).
• matinao slain in great numbers.
• moro measure, size, dimension (esp. used in idioms).
• namata ni bure a string of bure shells, a bracelet of these shells worn as armlet.
• nang well filled with babai plants, as a patch.
• nata a collection of more than two persons or animals.
• nima to drink.
• nimabubua five hundred.
• nimai five, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• nimakai five, in counting trees, fish hooks, sections of land.
• nimakora five, in counting baskets.
• nimakuri five hundred thousand.
• niman five, in counting persons and animals.
• nimanga five thousand, five in counting fathoms.
• nimarebu fifty thousand.
• nimatenten abounding in numbers or quantity.
• nimatoki five hundred million.
• nimaua five, in counting things in general.
• nimaung five, in counting pandanus fruit.
• nga where? in what place.
• ngaea a fathom.
• ngaun ten used in counting bong, ririki, ritoro, inaki, atao, wa, and…
• oneai six, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• oneung six in counting pandanus fruit.
• onobubua six hundred.
• onokai six in counting trees, fish-hooks, and sections of land.
• onokora six in counting baskets.
• onokuri six hundred thousand.
• onoman six in counting persons and animals.
• ononga six thousand.
• onorebu sixty thousand.
• onotoki six hundred million.
• onoua six in counting things in general.
• onoung six in counting bunches of pandanus fruit.
• oro strike, hit.
• rainaroti lign-aloes (ENG).
• raka to increase.
• raranginako to desert in numbers to an enemy.
• rebu ten thousand.
• roka a log (measure) (ENG).
• ruaba nine, used in counting leaves.
• ruabubua nine hundred.
• ruai nine, used in counting tobacco sticks, hardware, chests, barrels,…
• ruaiua nine, in counting things in general.
• ruakai nine, used in counting trees, plants, sections of land, fish-hooks.
• ruakora nine, used in counting baskets.
• ruakuri nine, hundred thousand.
• ruaman nine, used in counting persons and animals.
• ruanga nine thousand, nine in counting fathoms.
• ruangaun ninety, used in counting when ua is not used in the digits.
• ruarao nine, used in counting layers.
• ruarebu ninety thousand.
• ruatoki nine hundred million.
• ruaung nine, used in counting pandanus fruit.
• tabonibai a finger.
• tabun this word is used only after tengaun (10), or 100 or 1000, etc, to…
• taubong tataubong: to keep count of days, to remember a fixed date.
• taunari just alike.
• teaina one, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• tebubua one hundred.
• teina one, used in counting divisions of pan.
• tekaina one, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
• tekorana one, in counting baskets.
• tekuri one hundred thousand.
• temanna one, in counting persons or animals.
• tenai three, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• tenga one thousand.
• tengana one, in counting fathoms.
• tengaun ten, one hundred coconuts, really ten bunches of ten each.
• teniba three in counting leaves.
• tenibubua three hundred.
• tenikai three, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
• tenikora three, in counting baskets.
• tenikuri three hundred thousand.
• teniman three in counting persons and snimals.
• teninga three thousand, three in counting fathoms.
• tenrebu thirty thousand.
• tentoki three hundred million.
• tenua three, in counting things in general.
• tenung three, in counting pandanus fruit.
• terebu ten thousand.
• teuana one, in counting things in general.
• teungina one, used in counting pandanus fruit in the bunch.
• toabuaka odd number, not in pairs, incomplete.
• toamau having a companion in work.
• tonotono (1) te tonotono ni bai -- ni wae: soft part of palm of hand near…
• torogaba to squat in numbers, to be placed on the ground in numbers as…
• u trap to catch eels <fishing>.
• ua fishing in deep water in which a number of persons accompany or…
• uabaea measure.
• uabubua two hundred.
• uabwi twenty in counting things in general.
• uai two in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• uaiaki twenty, in counting fish and tuae.
• uakai two in counting trees, plants, fish-hooks, and sections of land.
• uakaka curled up through heat or cold.
• uakora two baskets.
• uakuri two hundred thousand.
• uakurikuri in countless number, by hundreds of thousands.
• uamania measure as spaces with stick or cord.
• uanga two thousand.
• uarebu ten thousand.
• uatoki two hundred million.
• uaung two in counting pandanus fruit.
• ukinibai thimble.
• uoba two used in counting leaves.
• uoman two used in counting persons or animals.
• uoua two, in counting things in generalfour in counting by twos two twos.
• wanai eight, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber,…
• wanibubua eight hundred.
• wanikai eight, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.
• wanikora eight in counting baskets.
• wanikuri eight hundred thousand.
• waniman eight, in counting persons or animals.
• waninga eight thousand, eight in counting fathoms.
• wanrebu eighty thousand.
• wantoki eight hundred million.
• wanua eight in counting things in general.
• wanung eight in counting pandanus fruit.
• ware to count, to read.
• wareware to read, to count.