← Back Kiribati–English Dictionary

kamara

Bingham

kamæ/ra

vt. to soften by soaking.

kám'ara

a. unclean, filthy.
n. filthiness, uncleanness.

Sabatier

kamara

vt. to dissolve, to steep, to soak to soften.

kamara1

a. (literal and figurative). dirty, soiled, unclean, corrupted, filthy, impure, unchaste, lewd, immoral.
n. stain, dirtiness, uncleanness, impurity, impudicity, immorality.
dirty person, sloven, slut, beast.
vt. kamaraea: to defile, to dirty, to corrupt, etc.