riki
Bingham
ríki
adv. again, in addition, following an adjective it gives the force of the comparative, like the English suffix -er.
ri:/ki
n. the name of a certain Gilbertese god.
ríki
vi. to come into existence, to shoot up, to spring, to grow.
n. coming into existence, generation, land formed by the washing up of sand.
Sabatier
riki
adv. more, extra.
ex.
- kabatia riki: to add more to...
- e kaubai riki nakon: he is richer (more rich) than...
- akea riki: there is no more.
riki1
n. coming into existence, origin, extraction, generation, conception.
ex.
- rikiu, or riku, rikim, rikina: my, thy, his, origin, birth.
- au riki, am riki: my (thy) stock, my family (utu), etc.
v. riki: to come into existence, to take life, to be, to become, to be formed, to germinate.
vn. kariki: to beget, to create, to procreate, to conceive, to invent, to manufacture, to produce, to found, to institute.
n. act of...
ex. akea ana kariki: he has no children.
vt. karika, kakarika: idem.
riki2
v. to become.
ex. e riki n tamaroa: it became beautiful.
riki3
n. a germinated coconut.
riki4
n. land newly formed by alluvion.
Riki
n. Ten Riki: myth. pers. of creation who elevated the sky to separate it from the earth by order of Na Areau.
ex. Nei Teriki: a woman's name.
Topics: Coconut, House and village, Spirits, myth and belief