ka

B ka     intj an exclamation of emphasis always followed by some statement   v the causative prefix   a seeing indistinctly   n a cart, a carriage, a car (ENG) O ka     note Words with causative "ka" are not repeated except for a few usual words in order to make the meaning clearer for some special reason. All "ka" words are not causative; some very simple words begin with "ka".   pref causative joined to nouns, verbs, adjectives, participles. meaning:   pref to make, to do, to cause, to render, to provoke, to urge to, to wait till, to let, to let ripen, to give time to, to permit.   ex ka-ngaina: to wait till day, to let the day dawn   ex karokoa: to let come, to wait for the coming   ex katawa: to let ripen, to wait till it is ripe   ex ka-makuria: to make work, to set in motion O ka1     pref to certain names of fish it gives the meaning of fishing for that fish.   ex kabakoa: shark fishing O ka2     note ka follows the general rule of redoubling of syllables to indicate frequence or intensity of the action.   ex ka-tanga: to make cry   ex kaka-tanga: to make cry often (the first ka is generally long) O ka3     note ka placed before a numeral adj. cardinal gives the ordinal number (preceded by the article always).   ex tenua: three   ex te katenua: the third   ex tebubua: one hundred   ex te katebubua: the one-hundredth.it is the same with the inter. num. adj.   ex iraua?: how many?   ex te ka-iraua?: what number? O ka4     a tired, dim (said of eyes after looking too attentively or too long at an object, or from defective sight).   from kai:   ex E ka matau: My eyes are dim.   ex te ka ni mata, kan te mata: dimness of sight   ex ae mata ka: who looks comically in order to see   ex E ka matau n te ang: I am blinded by wind. O ka5     v to make yawn O ka6     n car, cart, vehicle, chariot, carriage   ex moto-ka (motor-car): truck, bus

kaaba

B kaæ/ba     cau vt aba

kaababa

B kaabaába     cau vt ababa O kaababa     n a donation of land (gift, legacy, dowry).   v to give land

kaababaka

B kaab'aáb'aka     vt to make great, to enlarge

kaaeaea

B kaaeáea     vt to cause to creep or crawl

kaaeaka

B kaaeáka     vt to send or carry ashore

kaaeka

O kaaeka     see v.t. kaeaka

kaaerakea

B kaáerakéa     vt to send or carry ashore   vt to send or carry ashore

kaaeto

B kaáeto     cau n aeto

kaaibuaka

B kaáibuaka     cau vi aibuaka

kaainea

B kaáinea     vt to let a girl mature to womanhood

kaainenuma

B kaáinenúmaa     cau vt ainenuma to care for as a married woman

kaainga

B kaáinga     cau vt ainga

kaaintoa

B kaáintoa     cau vt aintoa

kaaiota

B kaaaioóta     cau vi aiota to wait til early morning dawn

kaaira

B kaáira     cau vi aira

kaairaoa

B kaáiraoa     cau vt airaoi

kaairoa

B kaáiroa     cau vt airo to await evening twilight

kaaiwaea

B kaaiwaáea     cau vt aiwae

kaakawa

B kaakáwa     cau vt akawa

kaakea

B kaakéa     cau vt akea

kaakoakoa

B kaakóakoa     cau vt akoako

kaamakaia

B kaaámakaia     cau vt amakai to wait for a coconut to become an amakai before plucking it

kaamakoro

O kaamakoro     n a fraction <fourth>

kaamarake

B kaámarake     cau vi amarake

kaamarakea

B kaámarakéa     cau vt amarake

kaamata

B kaámætaa     cau vt amata to cook rare or partially

kaamoamoa

B kaamóamoa     cau vt amoamo to cause or diract one to carry a burden on an amo

kaamwia

B kaamwía     vt to let a coconut tree mature all its fruit

kaananaua

B kaanánaua     cau vt ananau

kaanaua

B kaanáua     cau vt anau

kaanea

B kaánea     cau vt anea to direct one to fish with anea

kaaneanea

B kaaneánea     cau vt aneane

kaaneka

B kaaánekaa     cau vt a:neka to praise, or speak of one as acting properly

kaaneke

B kaáneke     cau vt aneke

kaang

B káang     n a variety of seaweed

kaangabaia

B kaángab'aia     cau vt angab'ai

kaangabea

B kaángabea     cau vt angabe

kaangara

B kaángara     cau a angara

kaangia

B kaángia     cau vt angi

kaangibue

B kaángibue     cau vi angibue

kaangibuea

B kaángibuéa     cau vt angibue

kaangitaban

B kaang/itaban     cau vi angitaban

kaangitanaboaboa

B kaángitanabóaboa     cau vt angitanaboabo

kaangitanenea

B kaángitæ/nenea     cau vy angitanene

kaaninga

B kaáninga     cau vt aninga

kaanoai

O ka-anoai     nv a certain way of fishing with coconut

kaanoaia

B kaanoáia     cau vt anoai to make a calm streak or surface on water as with oil

kaanoanoa

B kaanóanoa     cau vt anoano to direct one to beckon to another

kaantia

B kaæn/tia     cau vt anti

kaaoaoa

B kaaoáoa     cau vt aoao to cause one to propel a canoe with a pole

kaaobuaka

B kaáobuakaa     cau vt aobuaka

kaaoka

B kaáoka     cau vt aoka

kaaomakuna

B kaaomákuna     cau vt aomakuna

kaaomata

B kaáomata     cau vt aomata

kaaong

B kaáong     vi to fish for aong

kaaongia

B kaaóngia     cau vt aongia

kaaoraba

B kaáorab'a     cau vt aorab'a

kaaoraia

O kaaoraia     vt kakaaoraia: to prepare, to put outside (ao: outside) things one is taking away

kaaoraka

B kaáoraka     cau vt aoraki to make one sick, to make sickly a land

kaaoraki

B kaáoraki     va causing sickness, unhealthy

kaaoraoa

B kaaoráoa     cau vt aoraoi

kaara

B kaaáraa     cau vt a:ta: to make broad as a mat

kaararake

B kaárarake     cau vi ararake

kaararakea

B kaárarakéa     cau vt ararakea

kaarikia

B kaárikia     cau vt ariki

kaarobairia

B kaarobáiria     cau vt arobairi

kaarokuikui

B kaarokúikui     cau vi arokuikui

kaarokuikuia

B kaarokúikuia     cau vt arokuikui

kaataeia

B kaatáeia     cau vt ataei

kaataibai

B kaatáib'ai     cau vi ataib'ai

kaataibaia

B kaatáib'aia     cau vt ataib'ai

kaatama

B kaátamaa     cau vt atama:

kaatatai

B kaátatai     cau vi atatai

kaatataia

B kaátataia     cau vi atatai

kaatataiaomata

B kaatátaiáomataa     cau vt atataiaomata

kaaua

B kaáua     a fourth

kaauau

B kaaáuau     n kabubu mixed with scraped coconut O kaauau     n a dish of kabubu and grated coconut

kaaubeabea

B kaaubéabeaa     cau vt aubeabea

kaautakia

O kaautakia     vt kakaautakia   from au to try to pass for important, to act haughtily <haughty> by making others wait

kaawarurua

B kaawárurua     cau vt awaruru

kaawawa>

B kaawáwa>     cau vt awawa

kaba

B kába     n copper (ENG) B kába     vi to build or construct, as a canoe or a ship   n canoe or ship building O kaba     n copper, brass, zinc (ENG) O kaba1     v to keep silent.   n te i-kaba: game of blind man's bluff O kaba2     a which causes heartburn, belching (heavy food).   vc kabaea: to make belch O kaba3     note the final a very brief.   n string (very fine and strong) used in the building of canoes O kaba4     n work or construction done with kaba (string).   na te kaba uoua, te kaba ten, etc.   na kaba double, triple, etc.   vt kaba, kaba te wa, kaba te kaibuke: to build a canoe, a ship. lit. to tie, to tie together.   n te tia kaba: canoe builder, constructor   ex te tia kaba te kau ni wae: the shoe maker   ex te kabanimtao: a special way of making canoes

kabaau

L kabaau     sn Cypraea (Gastropod)   n snail

kababa

B kábaba     n flattery   vi to engage in flattering B kábabaa     vt to flatter O kababa     n rope fixed to top yard-arm of sail as support O kababa     n fishing for flying fish at night without torches O kababa1     vt to flatter.   n flattery.   vc kababa: to flatter to folly

kababaka

B kab'aáb'akaa     vt frequentative of kab'aka

kababane

B kabaábæne     n the entire doing of, the embracing all

kababanea

B kabaábænea     vt to include all, to make all to, to complete

kababanga

B kábabanga     vi to cause want of knowledge

kababatei

B kababaátei     vi to incline, to cant

kababateia

B kababaáteia     vt to place as the head downward

kabae

B kábae     vi to engage in tying, binding, or lashing   n a waist-mat, cord prepared for lashing O kabae     n te kabae, te kabaebae: bandages, strings, belts of all kinds O kabae1     n special mat for dancers going from armpits to knees, tied at the waist with a rope of women's hair, mat lavalava O kabae2     n engagement, knot.   vt kabaea, kabaebaea: to tie, to bind, to tie up with string, to tie up, to become engaged

kabae bara

O kabae bara     n a mode of fishing in which bara are caught in a snare

kabae kie

O kabae kie     v to pack, to pack up, to get ready for a voyage, to get ready to go

kabaea

B kabáea     vt to tie, to bind

kabaeanga

O kabaeanga     n a promise of mutual help

kabaebae

B kabáebae     vi frequentative of kabae   n the act of binding, imprisonment, confinement, a running into debt

kabaenata

B kab'aenaáta     vt to heap up

kabaenikai

B kabáenikai     cau vi baenikai

kabaenikaia

B kabáenikáia     vt to hinder or engage one who is busy

kabaeure

O kabae-ure     n string, binding used to pull together the ribs of a canoe which have widened out

kabaia

B kab'áia     a fortunate, happy, highly favored   n blessedness, good fortune O kabaia     a kakabaia: happy, contented, satisfied, fortunate, blessed.   n felicity, beatitude, contentment, satisfaction, prosperity, well being, delight, rapture.   vc kakabaia: to make happy, to get happiness, to bless, to wish happiness, to wish good luck

kabaibai

B kab'áib'ai     cau vi b'aib'ai O kabaibai     n donation, endowment.   vc kabaibaia: to make inherit, to endow.   vc kabaibaiaka ...

kabaibaia

B kab'aib'áia     cau vt b'aib'ai

kabaibata

B kabáibæta     vt to give more force to, as the voice   vt to wait upon the wind until it is stronger

kabaibati

B kabáibæti     vi to use more or much force as in throwing or speaking

kabaikabubu

B kabáikábubu     cau va baikabubu awkward in throwing or spearing

kabaikabubua

B kabáikabúbua     cau vt baikabubu

kabaikatekea

B kabáikatékea     vt to speak of one's self as skilled in throwing

kabaikorakia

B kab'áikorákia     vt to encumber with much luggage

kabaikuikuia

B kabáikuikúia     vt to make one hesitate to shoot or throw, lest the wrong object be hit

kabaimano

B kabáimæno     va skilled in fitting or matching canoe planks

kabaimaran

B kabáimæran     cau va baimaran

kabairaraoa

B kabáiraráoa     vi to praise one for B kab'áiraráoa     cau vt b'airaraoi to furnish well

kabairaraoi

B kabáiraráoi     va conducting one's self impartially in distributing food B kab'áiraráoi     va causing or tending to a condition of being well furnished

kabairawerawe

B kabairæ/weræw     cau vi bairawerawe

kabairekereke

O Kabairekereke     n a constellation comprising several stars of Scorpion

kabairemwe

B kabáiremwe     cau vi bairemwe

kabairemwea

B kabáiremwéa     cau vt bairemwe

kabairua

O Kabairua     n a star of Scorpion

kabaitata

B kabáitata     vi to work rapidly   n rapid work B kabáitataa     vt to make one's self work rapidly

kabaiteke

B kabáiteke     cau va baiteke shooting or carrying well as a gun

kabaitekea

B kabáitekea     vt to speak of one as a sharp shooter

kabaitoka

B kabáitoka     cau va baitoka doing with rapidity B kabáitokaa     vt to expedite one's work

kabaka

B kabáka     vt to cause one to hunger B kabákaa     vt to pelt, to strike with something thrown B kab'áka     a ugly in appearance, homely, not well proportioned   vt to make fall, to cast down   n candied coconut molasses   n a place suitable for casting the net O kabaka     from baki   vc to gather together, to get together   ex used only as follows -- kabakia, kabakingkami O kabaka1     from baki   vc to cause hunger, to starve O kabaka2     vc to make fall, to knock down, to throw down O kabaka3     a deceptive, good for nothing, useless (person) O kabaka4     n a well-chosen place to let down a fishing net O kabaka5     n a dish of grated coconut mixed with boiling hot kamaimai

kabakabaka

B kab'ákab'aka     vi to engage in making to fall B kab'ákab'akaa     vt frequentative of kab'aka O kabakabaka     n thick molasses (kamaimai) O kabakabaka1     v to make fall, to scandalize.   a scandalous.   vc kabakabaka: to scandalize.   n scandal O kabakabaka2     v to beat pandanus leaves with mallet to soften them

kabakai ira

O kabakai ira     nv a kind of magic ceremony at which the hair was cut

kabakanakoa

B kab'akanákoa     vt to wait until after another has gone

kabakantang

B kabákantang     vi to provoke to envy

kabakantanga

B kabákantanga     vt to provoke one to envy

kabakaraea

B kabákaráea     vt to scatter about, to throw into confusion, to litter

kabakarotoa

B kabákarótoa     vt to make a fire blaze up

kabakaruru

B kabákaruru     vi to make very hungry

kabake

B kab'áke     vi to have the lips drawn to one side

kabakea

B kab'akéa     vt to draw the lips to one side

kabakekete

B kabakékete     vi to make light, to make less heavy

kabakeketea

B kabakéketea     vt to make light, to make less heavy

kabaki

B kabæ/ki     va causing hunger   n a cause of hunger, a place with scarcity of food O Kabaki     n name of a man in ancient times.   ex ana ma Kabaki: a reddish place (tari bo, tari-ura) in the west where the current gathered flotsam and wreckage.   ex arokani Kabaki, te arabungea, te kai ni beti: floating timber   ex te kai ae aitoa: wood, trees half-submerged and hardly visible   ex te kai ae aimauna: wood or trees, tree trunks submerged and only visible at times among eddies   ex ana man Kabaki, Nei Karia, and Nei Karokoa: names for white phaeton which indicates by its high or low flight the distance of land

kabakitaia

B kabækitáia     vt to make hungry

kabakoa

B kabákoa     n fishing for sharks

kabaku

B kabáku     vi to engage in cutting off heads, or babai tops   n beheading, the cutting off the tops of babai

kabakua

B kabákua     vt to behead, to cut off a babai top, literally, to behead a babai

kaban

B káb'an     n a shell-fish, the O kaban     n a shell fish   ex species -- te kaban ni maran, kaban tabuki, kaban n anti, kaban-kokoti, kaban kokoa, kaban bareka G káb'an     sn Nerita plicata (i), Plicate nerite (ja) L kaban     sn Nerita plicata (gastropod)   n snail

kabana

B kab'ána     a improvident, given to loafing O kabana     a kabanabana deceptive, good for nothing, hopeless, most incapable.   see b'ana

kabanabana

B kab'ánab'ana     cau va b'anab'ana B kab'ánab'anaa     vt to represent certain work as irksome

kabanaki

O kabanaki     n shell   sn Plerocera sp.

kabanaoa

B kab'anáoa     cau vt b'anae

kabanaonao

B kab'anáonao     cau vi b'anaonao very many, rough as the sea

kabane

B kab'áne     n a game in which a ball attached to a string is used   vi to play the game of kab'ane B kabæ/ne     n an assemblage of all the people O kabane     n national Gilbertese sport, a line with lead is thrown over a feather thrown up in the air.   v to play this game.   n te kabane n eitei: taking, catching frigate birds with a line kabane.   vc kabanea te eitei: idem. O kabane1     n a general assembly

kabanea

B kabæ/nea     vt to include all, to make all to do, to complete O kabanea     vt to terminate, to finish.   see bane   ex e kabaneaki: he is dismissed, got the sack <fired>

kabanei

B kabæ/nei     n a land bird, the O kabanei     n a bird with long tail, N.Z. swallow, the only bird in the islands living entirely on the land O kabanei1     n leather jacket;;   sn Alutera scripta   ex te moa kabanei: a grey hen resembling te kabanei   ex Na Kabanei: a man who rises early to cut toddy (he goes from tree top to tree top as the kabanei jumps from branch to branch) O kabanei2     n trigger fishh   sn Amanses sandwichiensis   ex te kabanei, Na Kabanei: a star (of Serpent) G kabanei     sn Alutera scripta (ll) leather jacket (sm) G kabanei1     sn Amanses sandwichiensis (ll)   n triggerfish (sm) G kabæ/nei 2     sn Urodynamis taitensis   n <bird> long tailed New Zealand cuckoo (aa) L kabanei     sn Alutera scripta (Monocanthida)   n filefish   sn Amanses sandwichensis

kabaneka

B kabæ/neka     vt to spread out as in the sunshine   bib Jer 8: 2

kabang

B kabaang/     n a sword   vi to be seen accidentally, not by a direct look of the eye, but as it were by a side glance O kabang     n a sword, sabre O kabang1     v to pass like a gust of wind.   vc ka-banga: to go around, roam about.   ex e kabangira te riaboro: the devil roams about us

kabanga

B kab'ánga     n the penis (the euphemistic word is m'ane) O kabanga     vc to put into a hole, drive in, put in a hiding place, hide away   from banga:   ex kabanganakoa: to hide far away, in the bottom, in the very bottom

kabanga bubu

O kabanga bubu     n fishing for bubu with a bent wire

kabanga n ira

O kabanga n ira     n brown mottled eel

kabangabai

B kabángabai     vi to cause want of skill

kabangabaia

B kabángabáia     vt to speak of one as unskillful, to make one unskillful

kabangaka

B kabángaka     vt to lay as a mat at right angles to a previous position O kabangaka     vc to put crosswise, to cross.   see bangaki

kabangaki

B kabángaki     n a sail with horizontal widths O kabangaki     n ancient square sail for boat

kabanganira

G kabanganira     n a brown mottled Ophichthid eel, possible name for all such eels (ll) L kabanganira     sn Ophichthidae   n brown mottled snake eel

kabangkoro

B kaáb'angkoro     n a carbuncle (ENG)

kabangubangua

B kabángubángua     vt to make the voice sound nasal

kabanimaran

B kab'ánimæran     n a shell-fish, the

kabanimtao

B kabanim/tao     n a certain method of building a canoe O kabanimtao     n a mode of re-making a canoe (when lower part is worn it is separated from top part and remade, then joined again to top part)

kabanin

B kab'ánin     n a canoe whose keel is of one piece O kabanin     n an ancient style of canoe, the keel was very strong, made of half thickness of coconut log, hollowed out, and a few planks added, the ends were made thin to join the mango to

kabanina

B kab'ánina     vt to give or make as a whole

kabanmaran

O kabanmaran     n a species of shell   sn Verita sp.

kabantabu

O kabantabu     n species of shell

kabantabuki

B kab'antábuki     n a shell-fish, the

kabanti

B kabaan/ti     n a fish, the O kabanti     n species of fish

kabao

B kab'áo     n a large adze B kabaáo     vi the work of spreading out to dry O kabao     n an adze, sickle, scythe.   syn te taku (Abemama)

kabaoa

B kabáoa     vt to smooth down as a ruffled fringe or hair B kabaáoa     vt to spread out to dry under the sun as coconuts or clothes O kabaoa     vc to spread out.   see bao O kabaoa1     vc to bend, to inflect   see bao

kabaobaoa

B kabáobaoa     vt frequentative of kabaoa

kabaoua

B kab'áoua     cau vt b'aoua to make crooked

kabara

B káb'araa     vt to forgive, to unloose, to untie, to undo B káb'ara     vi to fish by sinking the fish-hook with a stone which becomes unloosed   n a mide of fishing B kab'aára     vi to fish for the b'a:ra   n fishing for the b'a:ra O kabara     vt   see bara O kabara1     n kakabara, kakabarabara: a mode of fishing where the bait is untied by a jerk at the bottom O kabara2     n fishing for bara

kabara ria

O kabara ria     n to gossip, to be a bore.   a talkative, loquacious, prattling.   n te tia kabara ria: a prattler, a gossiper

kabarabara

B kab'árab'ara     vi to engage in unloosing or unbinding O kabarabara     v to explain, to interpret, to expound.   n explanation, interpretation, comment.   vt kabarabara: idem.

kabaraka

B kabaráka     vt to capsize B kabaárakaa     vt to soil, to make dirty

kabarakaraka

B kab'arákaraka     cau vt barakaraka

kabaraki

B kabaraáki     n a shirt, that wing or portion of an army that passes on the ocean side O kabaraki     n capping on ridge of building O kabaraki1     n a shirt O kabaraki2     n detachment of troops following the ocean side of island in order to attack the enemy from side or behind

kabaranga

B kabaránga     see vt katetekea

kabarara

B kab'árara     vt to pour out water or oil from a coconut - shell bottle with the thumb or finger on the hole to regulate the stream O kabarara     v to pour drop by drop.   syn ka-timtim   vc kabarara: idem.   from bara, with doubling of the last syllable to show frequency   from equency

kabaratu

O kabaratu     v to make climbing impractical.   vc kabaratua: which makes trees slippery -- impossible to climb

kabareka

B kabaáreka     va soiling, making dirty

kabarere

B kab'árere     n pandanus fruit selected for one's own use O kabarere     n pandanus fruit left to ripen fully in order to be eaten raw

kabari

B kab'ári     vi to sit on the ground or a mat with the legs crossed at the ankles   n sitting on the ground with the legs crossed at the ankles O kabari     ex kabari ranga, kakabari.   nv to sit with legs crossed (tailor fashion).   vc kabaria: to (slightly) curve, arch.   see bari

kabari n uea

O kabari n uea     n te bari n uea, te wae n uea: (royal way of sitting), same as preceding manner but with one foot on the knee or thigh of other leg.   fig a person of means

kabarikoa

B kab'árikoa     vt to collect together, to mass

kabarinuea

B kab'árinúea     vi to sit on the ground or a mat with a leg crossed above the knee

kabaroa

B kab'ároa     vt to pour out suddenly 3r at once, to empty by capsizing

kabaru

B kab'áru     vi to entrap, to engage in entrapping   n the act of entrapping, ensnaring O kabaru     n a thud, click, noise of fall.   n te kai ni kabaru: a mouse trap, a trap (makes a click when falling).   vc ka-barua: to catch in trap O Kabaru     n a constellation formed by four stars on the hind part of Great Dog

kabarua

B kab'árua     vt to entrap

kabata

B kabáta     vi to fish with a kabata   n a large fishing rai B kab'átaa     vt to make one dark-skinned B kab'áta     vi to make dark-skinned O kabata     from bati   vc to multiply, to increase O kabata1     n a sort of fishing net made of leaves (te rai ni kabata)   v to fish with this net O kabata2     vc kabatata: to make fade, to dry up   fig to get brown or black.   v kabata ngaro: to blacken the gums   ex kabata bai: to blacken the handskabata ria: to blacken the lips   ex kabata ua: to blacken twice   ex kabata ngarona, riana, etc.: to be scolded, taught a lesson, made behave.   syn ka-muinikora O kabata3     n te rai ni kabata: an extension of leaves added to fishing net.   v to dry leaves, to fish with ...

kabatabata

B kab'átab'ata     vi to make dark, to tan B kab'átab'ataa     vt to make dark, to tan

kabataka

B kab'átakaa     vt to make worthless by too much handling, as certain lobsters

kabatata

B kab'aatáta     a spoiled in some way, as tobacco, not good B kab'átata     va causing blisters B kab'átataa     vt to blister

kabatauta

B kab'aátauta     vt to call one or speak of one as stingy

kabatautia

B kab'aatáutia     vt to stigmatize with stinginess

kabate

O kabate     n cupboard (ENG)

kabatebai

O kabatebai     a scandalized, surprised at another's bad behaviour.   v to scandalize, to surprise.   see kabata

kabatete

B kab'átete     a more or less steep, sloping   n a game of sliding

kabatetea

B kab'átetea     vt to slide a thing down a slope, to bring in

kabateua

B kabatéua     vt to expose one's self to punishment for wrong-doing ( used idiomatically with aro)

kabatia

B kabæ/tia     vt to make much or many, to increase O kabatia     v to multiply, to augment the quantity   see bati   vc kabatia: idem.

kabatiatia

B kab'atiátiaa     vt to wrinkle, to muss

kabatikua

B kab'átikua     vt to bow, to bend, to incline as the head or body

kabatinawa

B kabæ/tinawa     cau vi batinawa

kabatobai

B kabæ/tob'ai     va occasioning surprise, spoken of unaccountable conduct

kabatu

O kabatu     n a bruise, a mark of blows on the skin, black and blue.   v to have these marks.   vc ka-batua: to make these ...

kabatutu

B kab'atútu     vi to squint O kabatutu     n pleats, wrinkles.   a pleated, wrinkled, puckered (like a face in anger, sadness, blindness).   vc kabatutua: to gather, to pucker, to frown.   ex e kabatutua matana: he is frowning, making faces   ex kabatutu, kabatutua ...

kabatutua

B kab'atútua     vt to squint

kabau

O kabau     and kabunrere (N.)   n a shell, porcelain (S.)

kabaua

G kabaua     sn Cypraea sp. (i)   n cowry shell (ja)   also kab'aau L kabaua     sn Cypraea (gastropod)   n snail

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