← Back Kiribati–English Dictionary

ung

Bingham

ung

vt. chew and eat or suck pandanus fruit or bunia.
suf. following the digits in counting pandanus fruit in the bunch.
see a.
aung.

Sabatier

ung

n. teina te ung, teungina, uang <uaung?>: one, two whole pandanus fruit.
ex. te irina, te iri: detached segment, piece of fruit.
v. ung: to twist and chew while sucking juice from...
see v.t. ungira.
ex. ungi bunia, ungi kaikarewe: suck, twist, chew pandanus, bunia (sweet coconut), sugar-cane.

Topics: Pandanus, Food and cooking