Kiribati - English Finderlist

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yam	B   iam/. yam.  O   iam. yam.

yapping

O   wi-kaukau. to speak in yapping, rude, disagreeable voice.

yard	B   bwenáuaateáomata. three feet, a yard.  B   iaári. yard.  B   iaáti. yard, three feet.  O   iati. a yard (measure).  B   ináiéta. upper yard or gaff of a canoe sail.  B   itibwérebwe. having a straight lower yard, as a canoe sail.  B   káiro. a yard, a spar.

yard arm

O   bou2. top of the main yard arm.  O   ina1. te inaieta (te ina-i-eta) the upper yard arm of sail.  O   inaieta. top yard arm.  O   inainano. the lower yard arm.  O   wi-n-ie. corner of sail and end of yard arm near lower part of mast, clew.

yarns

O   kareio. to joke, to tell yarns or stories more or less true to amuse or for fun. (kare io).

yawn	O   aa11. yawn.  O   ka5. to make yawn.  B   kararæ/nimæn. to yawn.

yawning

B   tíki. to stretch, as in yawning.

yaws	O   karokai. yaws.  O   tona. skin disease, yaws.  O   unroko. yaws.  O   urokou. (1) yaws.

ye	B   kam. ye, you (followed always by a predicate).  B   ngkámi. ye, you, emphatic in the nominative, a plural suffix in the objective after v.t. usually connected by i.

year	B   riríki. a year.  O   ririki. year.

yellow

O   am1. palm leaves turning yellow, yellowish colour, colour of withering leaves.  O   ambo. yellow or withering palm leaves.  B   átuméamea. having yellowish red hair.  O   ba8. te babobo: a sickness, yellow jaundice.  B   babóbo. a fading leaf growing red or yellow.  O   babobo. colour of withering leaf, yellow, tan.  G   b'áwe. yellow snapper (a yellow-gray snapper with dark red on the dorsal fin, a dark tail and yellow anal, pelvic and pectoral fins; It is a common species and is not eaten everywhere.  G   bukibaraba. yellow snapper (sm).  G   bukirabaraba. yellow snapper (sm).  B   kaméamea. having a yellow scum on its surface as salt water.  B   kaméameaa. to make yellow.  B   kámemeaa. to make yellow.  O   mea. reddish yellow colour, rust, grey.  B   méamea. yellow.  B   meméa. stained yellow by the juice of a green coconut husk.

yellowfin

G   baewe. yellowfin tuna; large one (sm,ll).  G   báibó. yellowfin tuna; big one (sm,ll).  G   baitaba. yellowfin tuna; medium sized (sm,ll).  G   baiura1. yellowfin tuna; small one (sm,ll).  G   ingamea. yellowfin tuna (sm).  G   ingimea. yellowfin tuna (sm).  G   tani. yellowfin tuna (sm).

yellowish

O   taribo. yellowish, half cooked, beginning to change colour.

yellow snapper

O   bukibaraba. fish, yellow snapper.  O   bukirabaraba. a fish, yellow snapper.

yelp	O   kaukau1. to bark, to yelp.

yes	B   eng. yes.  O   eng. yes.  B   ngáiangáia. yes, yes, that's he.  O   ngaiangaia. that's it. yes, yes.

yesterday

O   i main nanoa. before yesterday, yesterday.  B   im'áinanóa. day before yesterday.  O   ngke. ngke tairiki, ngke e tairiki: yesterday evening.  B   ngkóananoa. yesterday.  O   ngkoananoa. yesterday.

yet	B   men. yet to.  B   táberamæ/toa. not yet, or slow in bearing fruit, as the pan.  O   tuai1. tuai n: not yet.

yield

O   aa12. fig. antaeka (aan taeka), anibana (aa ni bana): to be subject, yield, submit.  O   aanibanaa. to speak softly. to submit, to obey, to agree, to yield, to assent to the voice of authority.  O   kon. ka-kona: to make retire, to yield, etc., to disappoint, to rebuke, to snub, etc.  O   mara4. ka-mara: to open, to separate, to tear, to yield, etc.  B   móri. over-ripe very soft or yielding.  O   tanga3. katanga, katanganga: to make yield, to cede, to lose hold, to abandon, to resist.

yielding

B   tíra. yielding to pressure, spreading out, malleable.  O   uakonikon. giving way, yielding under pressure and snapping back when released as elastic, retractile.

yoke	B   ámo. stick for carrying a burden on the shoulder, a yoke.  O   amo. stick used for carrying load on shoulder, yoke.  O   buki n amo. end of the yoke or stick used for carrying loads on shoulder.  O   taonikai. to be enslaved, subjugated, carrying the yoke, subdued.

yolk	O   babai2. yolk of egg, cooked.

yonder

B   áke. plural of are, who, which yonder.  B   ákekei. those yonder.  B   árei. yonder.  B   bæ/ere. that yonder thing which.  B   bæ/erei. that thing yonder.  B   íke. where (yonder).  B   íkekei. yonder.  B   máikekéi. from yonder place.  B   náei. that little boy yonder.  B   naáke. that man and woman yonder who, that boy and girl yonder who, those girls yonder who, those men and women yonder who, those women yonder.  B   naákekei. those men and women yonder, those women yonder etc.  B   néiere. she yonder who.  B   néierei. she yonder, her yonder.  B   uaákekei. those men or boys yonder.

yore	O   rimoa. ngke rimoa: of old, of yore.  O   roro. roron Na Bawe: the generation of Na Bawe, of yore, primitive man.

you

B   im. thee, you ( it follows nako).  O   im. e nakoim: he goes towards thee e rimwim: he follows thee <you>.  B   ími. you (plural objective).  O   imi. nakoim: to thee; nakoimi: to you.  B   kam. ye, you (followed always by a predicate).  O   kam. you (plural).  B   ko. thou, you (always followed by the predicate) thee, when used as a suffix to a transitive verb, often united to the verbal root by i.  O   ko. you, thou.  B   náo. halloo, ho, you there (addressed only to a male ).  O   nao. for calling a man. Nao! you! Mr.! (to be respectful the name or title must follow).  B   ngkámi. ye, you, emphatic in the nominative, a plural suffix in the objective after v.t. usually connected by i.  O   ngkami. you.  B   ngkóe. thou, you, usually emphatic.  O   ngkoe. you, thou.  B   róu. i roum: by you.

young

O   ataei. ataei aine: young girls.  O   ataei. rorobuaka: young men te ataei (S.) te tei: child.  B   æteiáine. young woman, large girl.  O   ateiaine. very young woman or big girl.  O   buari1. nice looking, beautiful, young and fresh.  O   bun. the young of an animal.  O   kiaiai1. very young, very tender (pers. plants).  B   kói:. a very young coconut.  B   kúnei. the young of the io.  B   ntaeáea. the very young of the ninimai and the ikari.  B   óko:. very young of the m'anai.  O   rorobuaka. youth, young man.  O   tai ataei. (2) a very young coconut.  O   tei1. te tei aine: young woman, young girl.  B   teeiáine. a young woman.  B   teeináine. a young girl, a girl.  O   uto. te uto: a young coconut plant, having no trunk.  O   waeai. waeaituatua (sup.) young, fresh, tender (plants), fresh, new, recent (general).

younger

B   kárimwi. a younger child.  O   karimwi. karimwiu: my younger brother.  O   rimwi. te karimwi: younger, junior (of two), the following one.

youngest

O   baba9. te kanoa ni baba: the youngest, last child of family, youngest pig in litter (an insulting term).  O   beti1. youngest child (insult).  O   bina1. youngest, last born.  B   binakéke. the youngest in a family.  B   binæ/rereráke. the youngest in a family when precocious.  O   teirara. youngest child in a group, in a family.  O   ti3. Na Areau te Ti: the youngest Na Areau (the third), myth.

your	B   am. thy, your in the singular.  O   am. am bai: thine (thy thing); baim: thy hand, thy arm. <your>.  B   æ/mi. your, in the plural.  O   ami. your.  O   m. pron. of second person singular: thy, thine. <your>.  B   mi. your, plural.  O   mi. suf. your .

yourself

O   ngkoe. boni ngkoe: yourself ko tiku, ngkoe? you're staying?

yourselves

O   ngkami. boni ngkami: yourselves.

youth

O   irake. te kairake, kairaken: the growth, adolescent, youth, adolescence.  O   roro n tika. the bloom of youth.  O   rorobuaka. youth, young man.  O   tai ataei. (1) childhood, infancy, youth, to be at the age of ..., in the time of ...

youthful

O   ataei. n ataei: puerile, childish, youthful, trifling.

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