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Kiribati-English Dictionary

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The Gilbertese differs from the English . It more like the sound of especially if followed by : ...

acanoe. sleepers of a floor.
tomove along in a company as persons orfish.

(N) anyvehicle, any means ofconveyance:canoe,boat,bicycle,cart,toy ...,pawn in chess, ... checkers. : your bicycle. :aeroplane<airplane>. : my head forgets. v.t..
.of in compound words. ,,. in the sense of, to bedoing. corresponds to : to be in astate of ... (slight nuance).
. togo, ...move. ,.
.beam,joist. : lower beam,floor beam. :scaffolding,horse ortrestle.
.species,kind (fish, birds),category of ...
: adance,manner ofprocedure, ceremonial<ceremony> for differentrites,composition orperformance following a method.
.: togo, ...move, ...displace oneself, toflow, ... flow away. : the fish are going off,travelling. : his tears are flowing. : to make flow. :guttering,spouting. : towander around in mobs, gangs, etc.,vagrancy of number of persons together.
.: aconstellation.
.or suf. of,,.

bad comportment,ill behaved in society or family, to be in anawkward situation for taking action. .

joists, lowerbeams in a building.

supportingcross piece (as in scoop net).

smallcanoe, moved along bypole. ,.

untowardly behaviour,unlucky. : to bringdisappointments,ill luck. : todisagree.

toswim onback, face upwards. ,,.

acanoe indanger,unbalanced kite, person in danger, at the end of strength.

a nativedance. to dance ...

pleasantry,jocularity, teasing, lightbanter,humorousridicule,smutty talk,humbug,jest. : to make laugh,amuse the audience. . : to makefun of, ... tojoke about ...

foreign manners,behaviour,systems. tobehave like astranger, to follow the manners,fashions, systems of.

to be dying with ...,smitten with ...,passionately inlove with ... :importunate person.

laugh,joke. to beamused.

tolaugh at, to makefun of, totease.

tofish for . .

a well-madecanoe of average size.

: lying<lie> downface upwards<supine>. toswim on back.

to engage innourishing or bringing up.

to have a goodsystem ofculture,upbringing, educating<educate> children. pron. . : to know how tocultivate, ...care for, ...bring up with skill and success, to bring up well.

to bring up, to nourish, toraise.

inhospitable torelatives.

aleg, afoot. a shriveled, undevelopedcoconut including thehusk. blighted, as acoconut.

feet<foot>,leg;. . : havingfat legs,thighs. : torefresh oneself, to take refreshments, ...restore energy. : to place under leg or foot.
.(1) : afreak coconut with no kernel,barren woman,impotent man, dried up fruit, freak, good for nothing. (2) this freak coconut used asskittles by children, as support under canoes. : to throw a skittle between legs, to playgame of ...
.: name of aconstellation.

(1)fat legs. (2) largerain drops (large as , freak coconut).

limp,halting,lame, hobbling. tohobble, to walk with a limp, to walk lamely.

hopping on one leg. tohop.

oneleg shorter than the other.

long steps. to take ...

aslow walker. to go very slowly, to belate. : toretard the progress of ...

spindle shanks,spindle legs. .

asitting position with one leg bent backwards.

sitting with legscrossed like tailor. ,.

,,,. approachingdownfall, loss of position, rank, charge. :fallen,destitute,outcast.

long legs.

toapproach furtively, with furtive steps stealthily<stealthy>.

towalk, orgo withlight tread.

stilts. towalk with ...

towalk like ,dance step, small quick steps with sudden stops on one leg, walk likecrane m.

(1) arm offish trap, low stonewall which gathers fish towards (fish trap) in form of V. (2)idem. temporarybarrier made of dry palm leaves.
.togo, toswim insingle file (as fish along wall of trap).

amat withdesign resemblingcrab's feet.

to walkbackwards, through fear or respect, to beat aretreat, towithdraw on tip toe.

towalk withpoise, withprecaution (as when looking for shell fish).

havingbandy legs,knock kneed<knee>.

tosew, topierce, tostick. tointerrupt. acoconut leaflet for extracting from abottle a small quantity ofoil adhering.

: (1) tothread on to ..., toprick,pierce through,run through, put onskewer, stem. : thread fish on to ... (2) toshow, orpoint to with finger, todesignate. : point towards someone's face. :mix your drink,dilute with water. : tointerfere, tointervene, ...criticize, ...contradict, ...thwart, ...oppose, ... put aspoke in the wheel. ...: tocavil, to give broad hints by allusions, toallude to ..., indirectly. chicanery. : criticism, objection, contradiction,opposition. : to interfere, to criticize, toobject, to contradict, to thwart.
.(1) a thinstem, ortwig used to attain to things out ofreach. (2) an outsizemat. (3) acontradictor,opposer,objector, vis-a-vis rival. (4)sorcery using small roasted coconuts.
.wire. (S.).

new,fresh. a new article, a fresh article.

(sup.)young,fresh,tender (plants), fresh,new,recent (general). ().

toextract ordraw outoil with a .

bandy legged.

fallen away,destitute.

calf of leg of abnormal thickness, enlarged.

knock kneed<knee>. .

having a largecalf. thethumb.

big toee. :thumb. . beautiful legs, thickcalf of leg.

having well developedlegs. a person having well proportionedlegs.

buaki: perfectlymoulded legs,well built ...

superlative of. elegant legs,symmetrical ...

thin legged,thinnish,puny (legs).

towalk with aspringhalt. a springhaltgait.

tohop on onefoot. hopping on one foot.

:haste,hurry. to goquickly, to walkbriskly, to hurry, to hasten. : to hurry, to hasten. hurry up!

:regular,punctual. to go regularly to.

towalk slowly, to be slow inarriving. slowness in arrival, slow walking.

. (use forlegs). : use abicycle.

in adefeated position, politicallyruined. one defeated and consequently becoming aserf.

long-leggged. a person with unusually long legs.

stilts. towalk on stilts.

toswim asfish in long lines. a lowstone wall running toward the shore from a by which to run fish into it.

amat with figures resembling thetracks of acrab.

retreating throughfear. acowardly retreat.

towalk rapidly. .

tosit a la modeKusaie. a sitting on a mat with thefeet and lower part of thelegs turned back and nearly parallel with the thigh.

tosit on the ground with oneleg crossed above the knee of the other. a sitting on the ground with one lig crossed above the knee of the other.

to goeast.

togo ashore, to goeastwards. : tosteer, or direct upwards, towards ..., to makeascend.

toapproach near to.

toascend towards. : it came up towards me.

to be constantlygoing from place to place. a constant restless going from place to place.

towalk, orgo withquick steps. . : astreet walker. : to make ..., to walkbriskly.

togo orwalk slowly.
slow walking,late arrival.

slowness, tardiness<tardy>. todawdle, to arrivelate. slow. , : to slow down the movement, toretard. he movement, toretard.

(stretching foot) one who keeps coming back to the same place. : tocome back again to, tofrequent assiduously (place, person).

deformation oftoes, adhering ..., etc.

tovisit repeatedly and frequently, to take shortsteps. a frequent visitation.

towalk with short steps, close steps. (more used), multiplying one'svisits, coming back at short intervals, faithful in comingoften. : to make ...

: togo downwards ..., towards the lagoon, towards the west. : to make ... .

a species ofcrab with black claws ().
.,: v.t. . togo bynight, totravel about ..., to go to ..., stealthily<stealthy>,secretly (for good or bad end). :marauder,robber,scrounger. to maraud, to rob, to scrounge by night.

having longthin legs (like fishing rod). towalk with long steps.

togo orwalk rapidly. arapid gait.

general word for:haste,hurry,promptitude. to hurry, goquickly, do quickly, promptly, smartly. ...: to make haste, to hurry, to hasten. : we are hurrying, we hurried.
. ...rapid pace,accelerated movement. superlative of: tohurry,go, ... do smartly, ... rapidly. : to do ..., to make do ...

towalk rapidly. a rapidgait,brisk walking.

afflicted withspringhalt as a man. a springhaltgait.

: tolift oneleg and throw it forward whenwalking. .

frequentative of.

nimble,active,quick in motion.

:rapid inpursuit, ... tocatch.

n.v.a..

towalk briskly.

rapid walk,haste. tohurry, to goquickly, to do rapidly. to beprompt, ... smart. .

aminiature racing canoe with twosticks holding theoutrigger.

toy canoe for racing<race>; :idem. another kind.

ashell-crab, the.

acrab with red claws.

having largefeet, large footed.
aninterruption orchecking of one who isspeaking.

havingstout legs.
.: obstruction, opposition<oppose>, contradiction, objection,criticism. to make ..., toobject, tocontradict ...
.of: inf. topoint out, todesignate. : personstretching arms to attain something out ofreach. .

frequentative of.

toblow as thewind. to engage inspearing as fish, to engage inseine making. the spearing of fish, seine making.
oblong.

oblong,long,elongated,tapering,pointed. : he has a long face,crestfallen,ashamed,disappointed, taken in.
.of or : toharpoon fish, whales, etc. .
.coming onwell, making way through. : the wind is blowing up. : to wait till the breeze blows.

tothread on, tostring by piercing<pierce> withneedle, etc.

pointed,sharp,tapering.

: to makemesh net.

: going to apoint, acape.

prick the back (of loser to make advance).

topierce, orsew too far apart (thatch, etc.). :idem.

v.t. : toput,prick,place, orpass between, at intervals.

(1) : thewind comes up,...blows,gusts of wind. (2) arefreshing drink,agreeable ...

topierce, ...prick, ...skewer, ...harpoon, tothread on to ... .

long,lengthy, lengthening,stretching,prolonged.

v.t. : throwingdart, tothrow andpierce.

topierce with asharp-pointed stick.
to engage in piercing with a shar7 pointed stick.

topierce the body, to pierce through.

topierce,sew (thatch, etc.) in irregularfaulty manner.

sore throat, having ..., whichirritates throat.

the taking of another's place in agame when required.

tosucceed another in taking his place in a game when two are needed.

adisease of theeyes, the. to engage inreproving orchiding.
toreprove.

sore eyes,ophthalmia. to have ...
.v.t. : topoint to with finger, to makeashamed, toblame by pointing at the face of culprit.

wine .

verysweet andfresh karewe. very sweet and fresh as .

having arash likeprickly heat. a rash resembling prickly heat.

: atwitching,itching, tingling<tingle> sensation ...

a method oftying thefeather float in thegame of .

v.t. : a manner of placing feather on stick ingame of .

aviol .

feces,excrement.
to perform a certainincantation.

excreta. .
.(1) : disparagement. todisparage, tospeak badly of ..., to speak disparagingly of ... (2)king ofmalevolence,maleficence, cursing<curse>.

to subject a person to the effects of a certainincantation.

magical practice imported from Fiji to counteract malevolence, to prevent or cure sickness, to provoke love.

to engage insewing orfastening pan leaves to astick forthatching. the process of fastening pandanus leaves to acoconut rib for thatch.

work of makingthatch (); : tostitch, orsew thatch for house.

togo insingle file, in Indian file.

tostand in arow, tomarch in aprocession. arow, arank, afile, aline.

get in ..., be inline, inranks. : to put, or make go in a line.

togo toward thewest. a going to the west or to theleeward.

togo downwards, towards thewest,descend towards the lagoon. : to make ...

to approach acanoe from theeast or theshore.

toplay with on of the sameage. play orsport with one of the same age.

: being about thesame age, judge by the age, the generation of ...

ear ache, anypain in ear. to have ...

: largeaxe needing two hands to manipulate.

afork. to engage in using a fork.

:fork, garden ..., table ...

tofork food, to lift food with a fork.

toprick,pierce with fork,skewer, etc.

spotted,marked,mottled,speckled. : to spot, to mark ...

: todouble leaves<leaf> when making (thatch).

to engage insuppressing another'sspeech.

generalinterference,obstruction, opposition<oppose>, contrariness<contrary>. to make interfere, etc.

to suppress another's speech.

: tohinder, ...stop, ...counteract, to beopposed to ..., to putspokes in the wheel.

: topierce, ...prick obliquely, ...superficially.

thefurrowed edge of thereef. gonorrhoea.
afflicted with gonorrhoea.

reefs (jutting, ),breakwater around islands.
.disease ofbladder,urethra,inflammation caused bytoddy contaminated bycantharides beetle. ...: which causes .

one who givessupport. aroot.
full ofroots, assoil.

root,fibre,string. relationship, roots, moralattachments,base,foundation,cause. . ,,:fibrous, stringy,tough,undercooked, full ofthreads,strings,fibres, having ... ...: having its roots, base, cause in ..., to be rooted, ... attached,fastened, tied to ... : to make or wait till ... :square root. : to be staying, ... held<hold> by roots, ... attached. : touproot. : thick set roots, bushy ..., many ..., strongly rooted.

coconut roots.

stalactite.

pandanus roots.

tap root.

badly rooted. not welltransplanted, not wellaccepted in strange or new surroundings (for ex. young wife in husband's family).

to have, ... take for,root,basis,foundation.

a small fragment offeces.

aerial roots of certain trees, pandanus, mangrove.

a species of dark colouredshark.

aroot of thepan.

aroot of thecoconut tree.

wellembedded,rooted. wellreceived,adopted,integrated in strange place.

tough-skinnned.

stringy,fibrous,tough. superlative of:underdone.

stringy,fibrous aspandanus fruit.

stringy,fibrous,tough.

togo on, toproceed.

:advancement,progress. to progress, to goforward, to advance, ... make progress, ...follow up an idea, ...realize a plan. ...: to make ...

toshove.

: to pushforward, tocarry out, toimpel, toproceed with an idea, topursue actively ..., to make affairsprogress,advance.

. progress, goingwell, making progress (used for actions, work, affairs). used for persons of good or bad social behaviour.

wax .

towork by one's self. work performed by one's self.

: towork alone,separately, to do alone (a task, an affair).

to do work by one's self.

eight, always followed by a numeral suffix, or by a certain noun, as or by a certain adjective, as .

:eight;. , etc.,. eighty.

to takepossession of acanoe.
wearisome,tiresome.

. (1) wawana: to have, or take for means oftransport, forvehicle, ... toembark on, ... toride on. : I want to ride on you. (2) : the work alwaysfalls to us, keeps coming back to us. : he started to cry, he does nothing but cry.
.seems to come from. to have asterm,end of course, ... come back to, ...start to ... : he keeps coming back to this woman.
.:reason,commonsense,intelligence. intelligent,reasonable,sensible,wise, having commonsense, intelligence,wisdom,prudence ... : to make become ... , to give ...

eight, in counting hardware, furniture, chests, barrels, timber, coconut-leaf stems, fingers, teeth, large fish, as sharks and .

scaffolding.

scaffolding,horse,trestle.

to laybare therootlets ofbabai for the purpose of applying afertilizer.

toseparate, todisentangle, todenude, touncover fibres, hair, roots (uncover taro roots to apply manure).

intelligent,knowing,wise.

intelligence,reason,commonsense,sound judgement,wisdom,sagacity,perspicacity, clairvoyance, prudence. having ..., being ...,intelligent,reasonable,sensible,wise,sagacioue,perspicacious,clairvoyant,judicious,ingenious,prudent. :frank,open minded, intelligent,receptive,precautious,quick,smart. ... very ..., altogether ... : most ... : to make ..., to give ..., to find ..., to treat as ...,. : to think oneself ..., to esteem oneself ... you think yourselfclever! you boast of ...

ofrare intelligence.

eight million.

the part of ascoop-net near thehandle.

toowatery, mixed asfood with too much water.

amixture toowet, very ..., too much liquid. . : to make, to render more ...

: topush, to push in front of one, to pushforward, to push along.

weary,tired.
tofeed well.

: topush along in front of one, to take along by pushing, to push,shove, tofatten an animal.
.:bustle,confusion,disagreement, meddling, trouble, vexation, tiredness, worry. to have ...., to betroubled,upset, worried<worry>, etc., to be in the act of ... :busy, worried by affairs (useless,vain). : to give trouble, bring ..., to upset ..., tovex,annoy,tire uselessly. don't worry. don't worry!never mind!

very muchwearied. a great weariness.

frequentative of wearied.

aweapon orsword set withshark's teeth.

: (1) nativesword, 2-3 ft. long having four rows of sharks' teeth. (2) sword,sabre,chopper.

ananointing oil.

: theresidue,remainder,lees,sediment of oil, liquid in bottom of vessel, remains,dregs.

to apply moreforce to as atool forboring.

eight leaves.

a style ofruoia in which the players arefew.

eight hundred.

eighty. .

eight, in counting trees, fishhooks, and sections of land.

tochaff. light idletalk by way of makingfun.

tochaff, to make fun of.

torun about in therain.

(1) tostay out in the rain. . (2)spouting to collect rain water.

aeroplane<airplane>. :sea plane.

eight in counting baskets.

eight hundred thousand.

eight, in counting persons or animals.

tofree afoundered canoe of water. tocultivate a youngcoconut tree.
frequent cultivation of coconut trees.

(1) toempty a capsized canoe by lifting up one end at a time. (2) tocare for a plant in danger of dying.

toeat fish (just caught) inprivacy.
aship, aforeign vessel,. a place for eating fish ( just caught ) in privacy.

to be veryhungry.
to live on one'sneighbor. a person living on his neighbor.

,. come back to ..., continually coming back, ... dying withlove, desiringpassionately. : he comes back passionately to ...

to engage inmending ahole in amat. the work of mending a hole in a mat.

: coconut husk, cut in halves (shell and husk).
.tomend, ...darn (clothes, nets).

tomend ...darn (mats, baskets, thatch, etc.).

eightthousand,eight in counting fathoms.

eighty. .

to mend a mat having a hole.

: to getinvolved in, topenetrate into. : the devil entered into them.

eight. .

thesleepers of abuilding, ajoist.

asmall canoe.

acanoe not skillfullynavigated.

badly steered canoe. ... not well cared for.

to practice a certainincantation in order to impartskill in throwing. an incantation for imparting skill in throwing.

: female evilspirit.
.:sortilege, mostly evil. to do thissorcery on ..., by pointing the little finger () towards person or things, tobewitch, ...curse, tohinder success, tocheck, to make a projectfail.

to perform a certainincantation upon.

becomingdeteriorated, gettingspoiled,tarnished,faded. syn.: : to deteriorate, to spoil, to tarnish, tojumble up, to find ..., to judge as ...

eighty thousand.

: togo by night, ... in obscurity.

:spots,speckles on skin, ... fur,mark on colour,paint,fault, mark which spoils effect. marked withstain, spot, spoiled by apparent fault,defect. blemish, hereditary defect, personal blemish, ... marked by blemish, honour impaired,blot on character. : he is marked. : to mark with a blemish, ... blot, to cause, to leave, to spoil by ..., to find a defect in ... : it isdishonourable,discreditable.

a certain method ofswimming on theback.

toswim on theback. acanoe whose crew have missed theirbearings.

eighty million.

the name of a longchant in theruoia.

a longtheme for standingdance ().

eight hundred million.

toconduct, ...direct the education of ..., tobring up, totrain, tonourish, toeducate carefully. . : careful system, kind, of education.

eight in counting things in general.

:eight;. :eighth.

eight in counting pandanus fruit.

acreeping vine.

a creepingplant,hogweed. Boerhavia diffusa andRepens sp.

Boerhavia diffusa L. (z).

aplant. Vernonia cinerea.

Boerhavia tetrandra. aplant,hogweed.

Boerhavia tetrandra Forster (z).
.Vernonia cinerea (z).

withouttrees, treeless. a treeless section.

: openmesh, havingholes, ... wirenetting,lattice work, net,open,sparsely wooded, riddled with many holes, openings, passages, intervals. : to make, ...pierce, ... leave spaces,intervals, holes in. : ablasted, open passage, abreak<gap>, a clear space.
.,. (1) goingbadly, turning out badly,ill luck. (2) badly behaved,detested. .

: slightlywet (between damp and soaked). : to make become ..., to wet, ...dampen.

verywet, toowatery. .

kind. kindness.

(1) doingwell, turning out well, goinggood. ,: (2) person of goodbehaviour (sometimes).

awalrus .

havingopen ornet work, here and ther atree. open orlatticed work, anopening among trees.

tocount, toread.

:numeration, enumeration, counting,calculation,numbers, reading. tocount, tocalculate, toenumerate, tospell, toread. : counts as nothing, doesn't count, of no account,worth nothing.

: towork out mentally. mental calculation.

,. dull,tarnished,lustreless. having reputation tarnished. : to tarnish.

arithmetic. tolearn arithmetic.

arithmetic,mathematics,calculation. to do ..., tocalculate, tocount. : tocompute, to count.

reading. toread.

: reading. toread. to read a book.

thedays arecounted, to count the days. (person, object) it is only a matter of days till, ... something happens, till person dies, it will happen soon. : to count the days for ...

wide,roomy, notcontracted.

large,wide,spacious. . : to make ..., toenlarge, towiden.

tocount, toread.

: tocount, ...enumerate, ...spell, ...read. :countless.

avolcano .

to engage in indiscriminateaccusation ofrobbing when thefruit of one's land has been taken.

: toenumerate, tocount one'sfollowers,companions,accomplices.

toread, tocount. reading, a counting.

a person, orship, orhouse of greatsize. great in size.

. the largespecies of (things, animals and esp. fish)<phylum,class,order,family,genus ?>. . :big,large,enormous,monstrous,gigantic. : amagic against sea-monsters.

Lagocephalus lagocephalus (ll). toby (sm).

Lagocephalus sp. (ll). toby (sm).

narrow. narrowness.

. :narrow,restricted, confining. : to make ..., to restrict, toconfine.

verynarrow, as achannel, or the mouth of abottle.

afish, the.

Lagocephalus sp. (ll). toby (sm).

acanoe of mediumsize.

a species ofcrab, the. ajack-knife.

:constellation of smallstars nearCanopus.
.(1)sea mantis. Stomapoda. (2) pocketknife which closes like claws of ... : tofish for ...
.knot form, without loops.

Lysiosquilla maculata (i).
Pseudosquilla ciliata (i).

. Stomatopod. crustacean.

totie aloop in acord that will notslip.

to put aknot ..., totie with a knot.

tonibble, as afish, at abait. a goodfishing place where fish promptly bite.

:pulling, nibbling<nibble> at bait. vexation, importunity,twitch, toannoy by nasty hand play. : to do ...

: topull, tonibble (bait), toimportunate, toannoy bypulling,tugging.

tonibble, as arat or afish at abait.

toswim on theback, towalk with the face turnedupwards. a swimming on the back, a walking with upturned face.

directive toward the person who has just spoken. : I will go to you.
awatch .

of moving<move>forward,towards. : toadvance towards, to move forward.

cat's-cradle. amat with somedark strands. toplay thegame ofcat's-cradle.

game ofCat's Cradles. toplay at ...
.:good,well,seemly,becoming,fitting. . : that would be all right for a woman. : that would be becoming for a man.
.: weaving<weave>mats withpatterns of different coloured leaves.

tobraid amat with a second color.

toweave, toembroider with different coloured leaves, or cotton to makepatterns,designs.

topray todeath.

. tocurse, to put aspell on, to wish evil to, tobewitch withevil spell.

a kind ofattic, upperplatform in native house. .

wellfurnished withconveniences or suitableclothing.

tosneak in, toslink from place to place, todouble deal.

frequentative of.

curse,malediction,imprecation. to wishevil, ... death to ..., tocast an evilspell. .

totrickle, tomove along as acrowd.

. (1)flowing,going incrowds, mass movement. . (2) flow,stream,run down (water, tears). : to make ..., todrain, tocatch rain water. :guttering,spout,drain pipe.

of: togo to, ...towards.

idem. tomove, toflow continually towards ...

frequentative of.

to be habituallygoing from place to place.

frequentative of.

. to dointermittently, tointerrupt, ...stop atintervals.

intermittent, coming now and then.

frequentative of.

having manyroots.

frequentative of.

idem.

frequentative of.

frequentative of. frequentative of.

toblow steadily and favorably.

toblow regularly. steady,favourable (wind).

to beblown along, helped bysteady breeze.

steady andfavorable as awing.

topray todeath (haw = anana). anincantation to produce death.

tolie down, to lie.

: lying position. tolie,stretch on ground, be lying down, lying flat, ... well, ... badly, ... on back<supine>, ... on side, ... face down<prone>. : tolay down, toput down, toplace on ground, toleave in place, ... in peace. ...: leave alone, don't talk any more about it. : to be or stay lying all the time. : to stay in place to stay a long time in same place. : lying decaying in place. : always lying down, sleeping everywhere. : fornication<fornicate>,adultery.

toremain lying<lie> down all the time. sleeping all the time.

tobraid the second half of asleeping mat.

: tolie on.

tostay inbed for reason of sickness. : his sickness obliges him to keep to bed.

(1) fleeting objects,souls,spirits ofdead. ,,,. (2)shooting star,bolide,aerolite,meteorite,fugitive, fleeting light,rapid passage,phosphorescent wake. topass rapidly. :meeting and passing each other rapidly (trains, runners, etc.).

acts of impurity in general, fornication<fornicate>,adultery.

ashooting star ormeteor. tosail fast.

to indulge in prolongedsleep, to sleep overmuch.

to commitadultery orfornication.

frequentative of.

n/tite.Wednesday .

afish, the.
avail .

(1)furbelowed clam. (2)elongated clam. :scales offrilled clam.

Tridacoconuta cumingi (i). furbelowed clam (jr).
.Tridacoconuta elongata (i). elongate clam (ja).

Tridacoconuta. small (to 5") "killer" tridacoconuta -bivalve.
Tridacoconuta cummingi. Tridacoconuta elongata. bivalve.

Tridacoconuta squamosa (i). scales orfrilled clam (ja).

Tridacoconuta squamosa. bivalve.

tofish for the .

rewti.velvet .

aspine orspike on theback of a .
tocall.

dart,point of ... dart of sting ray, ... swordfish,tip of mast, ...thorn,picket;. : pointedstick. : point of dart. : bunch of darts in Gilbertese weapons. :bayonet. : point, dart, sharpend.
. tocall, tocall out, tocry out.

tocall, tosummon, toinvite. acall.

: tocall, toconvoke, tosummon, toinvite, to bid come. : to call continually.

awaistcoat, avest .

: reallyold person. .

second half of a doublemat which is woven on to first half. : to begin toweave second half ...

a completedmat. thedouble of the . frequentative of.

frequentative of.

tocall.

frequentative of.

atooth, themouth, anedge.

(1) teeth<tooth>,mouth,beak,point,needle,blade,age judged from teeth; : front teeth,incisors. :canine teeth. :molars. :wisdom teeth. :crane's beak. : knife blade. what age? : my age. : the child isteething. : to draw teeth. :dilute the strength (of a drink). (2)cut short (a speech, song), tostop, tosuspend ... : he has always something to say. : to begin by saying that ... : to be always talking about the same thing.
.end,edge,border. :limit of beach whenhigh tide recedes; ma. : corner ofsail.

parrot fishh.

honey mouthed. flattering language. : hiswords aresweet,agreeable. : to sweeten one's words, toinsinuate.

acrab with long claws.

(1)evil smelling mouth (insult). (2) the name of afish.

a species offish.parrot fish.

said of husband who takes thepart of his wife. .

air pipe,pump fixture,valve.

slander, backbiting, tale bearing. ...: to slander, tobackbite.

hearsay, secondhand evidence. to repeat a ...

toboast, tobrag, tovaunt, to boast shamelessly, to speak at random, to sayridiculous things. humbug, boaster,wag.

to speakfoolishly about, ... toboast foolishly, ... without shame about ...

to showrepugnance to accede to a request, to require pressing, to appear sullen, to give with bad grace, ...reluctantly.

achisel.

winningcanoe. to appear to bewinning, to be infront, to be overtaking<overtake> (by success, ... riches ...).

necklace made of teeth picked up, collected (of special dolphin, ).

: to use seductive language, to seek toseduce by ...

beak,dart of ,jib sail.

blade of instrument used to scrape pulp of cooked pandanus fruit.

a smiling face, asmile.

in form ofshark's teeth<tooth>,pointed,V shaped edging.

corner ofsail tied to spar.

canine teeth<tooth> . .

theedge of a sharpslope, ...escarpment,cliff.

beak of ending in apoint. pointed.

. asneak, ...tale bearer. to sneak, to tell tales. sneaky.

name of aconstellation.
.whale's teeth<tooth>. to have front teethoverlapping, double.

beak shaped,pointed.

flattering butinsincere words. to flatter for personal advantage, ...humbug.

sharp point ofdart,lance,arrow,summit,tip ofmast, of coconutspathe,tattooing in points onthigh, etc.

regular,well fitting teeth<tooth>.

:frank,direct, speaking, to thepoint, not being afraid to hurt, or vex, saying exactly what one thinks.<candid>.

projecting teeth<tooth>.

tospeak in doubtful terms. indecision,uncertainty. to be uncertain of one's words (used sometimes wrongly for ).

havingbig mouth. greattalker.

proper,fit,suitable,all right.
toindicate bylot.

. to havebeak turned towards, to have infront of one ...,before one. : toleave after ...,behind. ,.
.to have infront of one, ...face, ... tomeet ..., toarrive at the time of ... : to make ..., towait till themoment of ..., ... theoccasion of ... : wait till he arrives to meet him, wait for an occasion ... : toarrive just intime for a meal.

approachingnight,nearly night. : it is nearly night, nightapproaches.

toturn out badly, ... tofail, to beunlucky. : to make ..., to causefailure,ill luck.

toturn out well,profitable,favourable, well met, just intime, to belucky. : to make ..., to bring about ...

Cymathium (gastropod). snail.

unfortunate, notfavored.

a smallknife to cut food, tobacco, etc. alwaysready toeat.

Epibulus insidiator (ll).

afish, the.

parrot fish (ll).

ashell-fish, the.

ashell fish.

Cymathium sp. (i).

to add to astory untruly. untruthful addition to a story.

v.t. : toshout, toroar (when speaking). : toenlarge, toexaggerate, tocomplicate, ...romance, ...chaff, ...humbug, ...brag, ...boast.

withoutteeth. a toothless person.

manner ofspeaking whentoothless, as ifmunching, mumbling<mumble>.

tobrag.

totalk incessantly, toexaggerate, toromance, to telllies in joking<joke>. braggart,boaster. .

:secret,confidential conversation,whispering, softly uttered speech. tomurmur, to whisper.

: babbling<babble>, prattling<prattle> in boring manner. tochatter, togossip. : tobore people by ... .

bad breath.

aphthous.

thethrush orulcerous affection of themouth.

abscess inmouth,bad breath. to have ...

tospeak ill. .

(1)bad language,coarse,rude words. : toinsult, tooffend by rude words. (2) to speak, topronounce badly, tosputter, to murder a language.

afish, the.

afish,snapper.

Scarus brevifilis (y). parrotfish (sm).

a person withunwholesome reddish teeth. having unwholesome reddish teeth.

discoloured, black, yellow teeth<tooth>.

an inveteratetalker,braggart. .

havingteeth which are unusuallyshort.

having fine small teeth<tooth> (like ).

a species offish.

tofalsely exaggerate. exaggeration,false addition to astory.

toadd on, toexaggerate. .

(crane beak). stranded,nonplussed, in aquandary,taken in,disappointed,abashed,confused (recent expression). biting<bite>,sarcastic,witty.

bold andcaustic inspeech.

sharp blade,pointed teeth<tooth>.

Pollia undosa (i).

Pollia undosa (gastropod). snail.

obscene language. to usefilthy words.

: flattering words,insinuations,hints. to flatter by ...

having avoracious appetite.

gourmet,gourmand, lover ofgood food.

Lutianus bohar (ll). juvenilesnapper (sm).

toboldly accuse, totalk much without hesitation. a boldcharge orcrimination.

startling<startle>,persuasive,penetrating language. to beeloquent.

tospeak inyapping,rude,disagreeable voice.

aweek .

(1)week. . (2)wick .

(1) : tospeak rapidly. (2) : toeat quickly. : to makehurry, ...hasten to ...

greattalker,gossiper,chatterer (particularly idle, wicked, dirty talk).

tolie, todeceive. .

contemptuous term forbraggart, for one for and against,hypocritical language.

. (beak cut short)abashed,confused,disappointed.

havingteeth which aredull, or much worn down.

: havingdecayed teeth<tooth>.

a person whoseteeth are muchdecayed.

narrow mouthed, who dares not or cannot answer.

. sweet,agreeable,flattering language. : to give pleasure to ..., to flatter by ...

to makeadditions to astory, toreport falsely. incorrect additions to a story.

:eloquent (embellishing recital in order to please rather than deceive). goodstory teller inpejorative,braggart, harmlesswag,joker.

persistentlymaintaining. persistence in what one has said.

tospeak firmly,forcibly, orobstinately, topersist in one's opinion, to be obstinate,stubborn in one's ideas, ... advice. ...:idem. to refuse to retract, ... to go back, on one's word or on an order.

afish, the.

aparrotfish (ll).

the loweredge orlimit ofslope ofbeach.

totempt.

: toincite by words, tosuggest, toinspire, tocounsel.

to prompt otill will orhostility to one'sparents or nearrelatives as awife or herhusband.

toslander, tobackbite.

toothless. a toothless person.

toothless.

corner ofsail and end ofyard arm near lower part of mast,clew.

tospeak improperly to awoman. improperwords to a woman.

: totease, tosoothe by insinuating words,flattery, to flatter, toseduce.

to show by one's language that one ishurt,huffed.

topierce, totranspierce, to pierce through and come out.

toappear as thepoint of aspear which haspierced completely through the leg or abdomen.

awhale's tooth. having asupernumerary fronttooth.

said of a woman who has taken thepart of her husband, ... upholds his sentiments, ... ideas by her words.

aparrotfish (ll).

atattoo on thethighs. a certainplank in acanoe. theouter end of thecoconut spathe.

towhisper. whispering, a whisper.

awhisper. tosay, tomurmur into the ear, to whisper. : to whisper (a secret ...).

towhisper, toutter in a low voice.

toboast. boasting, a boast.

toboast about.

acold-chisel.

tooutsail. an outsailing.

to outsail.

porpoise teeth.

. .

thebowsprit.

. tospeak openly without fear, to useopen,candid,<frank>unreserved language. avoice which carries and can be heard<carry>.

(S.)toothache,decayed teeth,sore gums; : gumboil. : causes toothache, ... decay. .

anaphthous disease. aphthous.

awheel, a circularspring .
.repugnance,aversion. to have ... : to feel a repugnance for ... (persons, things not to one's liking).

tospeak pleasantly andpeacefully andproperly.

: tospeak well, to usenice language.

therainbow.

:rainbow.

havinghandsome,regular andsound teeth. a person with a fine set of teeth.

having beautiful,good teeth<tooth>.

achatterbox. toprate,chatter. talkative. : to make ...

mouth full ofstumps, ...gaps. notched,dented (blade, edge). : to make notched, ... full of gaps.

toprompt as alearner, toincite, tosuggest to. a prompting.

. slowness, slow of speech, slow eater. .

tospeak withoutbashfulness.

toeat with very smallmouthfuls, tospeak softly. alow utterance.

(1) whispering, awhisper. to speaksoftly, ... in low voice.(2) toeat, hardly moving jaws.

toutter with a very lowvoice, tomutter. Is 59 : 3.

towhisper, tochew gently.

a species offish.

n.a..

virtue.

awillow .
a variety ofsoldier crab, the.

wheat .

topraise orflatter. .

a largeeel, the.

a largeeel.

a largeeel (ll).

to bequick to revealsecrets. .

. tactless,indiscreet.

. seductive talk.

totell, to give out (thoughts, sentiments) before everyone, not keeping, ... having any secrets.

tospeak rapidly. rapid speaking.

(1) : tospeak rapidly. (2) toeat quickly. : to cause to speak quickly, to eat ..., to makehurry.

having aregular set ofteeth.

fluent,forcible, and to the point. fluency, forcefulspeech, speaking to the point.

frequentative of.

aweasel .

having the frontteeth prominentlyprojecting.

tospeak rapidly. rapidspeaking orutterance.

. tospeak, oreat withrapidity. : : tohurry, go quickly in ..., to make ...
.: tospeak, oreat (something)quickly.

to habitually speakrapidly.

toobstruct, to makeopposition by words.

throughwilfulness,heedlessness,foolishness.

superlative of: toprolong, toprotract (decision, affair) byprolix, vainverbosity.

uai: double faced. to say one thing to one person and the contrary to another. liar,hypocrite.

double-tonguedd,doubtful,uncertain.

having theteeth separated a little from one another.

having theteeth setclose together.

:narrow mouthed.

tosuggest, totempt. a suggestion, a temptation.

. suggestion, insinuation, incitation, inspiration. tocounsel, tosuggest, tohint, toinsinuate, toinspire, toincite.

frequentative of.

toprompt, tosuggest to.

idem. toincite to ..., toinspire a project to ...

frequentative of.

totell twostories about, toprevaricate.

frequentative of.

aplant (red leaves and red flowers).

awolf .

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