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Dictionary Kiribati Language
Dictionary Kiribati Language
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A
a (aux) indicating immediate past.
a (pron) they.
aaba (n) lands.
aba (n) land.
ab'aab'aki (adj) big, large.
abaia (n) their land; land of.
Abaiang (pn) island in the Gilberts between Tarawa and Marakei.
ab'akin (n) size of.
abam (n) your land; your country.
abam'akoro (n) island.
abam'akoron (n) islands of.
abamii (n) your (pl.) islands; your (pl.) countries.
abau (n) my island, my country.
abea (n) bait.
abeana (n) its/his/her bait.
abeana (v) to use as bait.
Abemama (pn) island in the Gilberts, east of Kuria and Aranuka.
Aberika (pn) Africa.
abong (n) four days.
ae (rel pron) which (near).
aei (rel pron) this (and: aio).
aeka (n) sort; kind.
aekan (n) sort of, kind of.
aekia (v) take from (as food from fire).
ae e nako (adv) last (year, week, month...).
ae e na roko (adv) next (week, month, year...).
aera (v) what ... doing?
ai (excl) truly!
ai (n) fire.
ai (pron) such, like (n ai aron).
aia (n) firewood.
aia (pron) their.
aika (pron) who; which.
aikai (pron) these.
ai m'aneu (n) my cousin, opposite sex.
ai natiu (n) my nephew or niece.
aiine (n) female, woman.
aio (pron) this (and: aei).
ai tariu (n) my cousin, same sex.
akanne (pron) those.
akawa (n) fishing.
akawa (v) to fish.
akawam (n) your fishing.
ake (pron) which were; that are.
akea (neg) none.
akekei (pron) those (far).
aki (neg) not.
akuun (prep) behind, at the back of.
am (pron) your.
aama (n) hammer.
am'arake (n) a food.
am'arake (v) to eat.
am'arake n te tairiki (n) dinner.
Amerika (pn) America.
amii (pron) your (pl.).
amori (n) kind of fish.
aan (prep) under.
anaa (n) fish.
ana (pron) his/her/its.
anaa (v) take.
ana Ekaretia te Atua (pn) Church of God.
aane (pron) that.
aneang (n) mast.
anene (n) a singing or song.
anene (v) to sing.
anenei (v) to sing them.
ang (n) the wind.
anga (n) a shoulder.
anga (v) to give.
anganaki (v pass) be given.
angaatai (n) right hand.
angaataiu (n) my right hand side.
ao (conj) and.
aobiti (n) office.
Aokati (n) August.
aono (n) group (especially for islands), district.
aono ni Kiribati (n) Gilbert Group.
aontano (n) earth, ground.
aontari (n) surface of sea.
aonga (adv) in order that, so that.
aoraki (n) sick, sick person, illness.
aoranti (n) orange.
Aotiteeria (pn) Australia.
ara (n) name.
ara (pron) our.
araia (n) their names.
aram (n) your (sing.) name.
aramii (n) your (pl.) names.
aran (n) name of.
arana (n) his/her/its name.
aranaki (v) named, called.
araniia (v) name or call them.
Aranuka (pn) island in the Gilberts between Kuria and Abemama.
arara (n) our names.
arau (n) my name.
are (pron) who, which; that (yonder).
aarei (pron) that yonder.
ari (n) spathe (coconut).
ari (n) eyebrow.
Aaro (n) religions.
aro (n) way, manner.
Aro (n) religion.
aroia (n) their way, their manner.
aroka (n) plant.
aroka (v) to smell.
aron (n) way/manner of; like (n ai aron).
aroni (n) way/manner of.
Aro ni Momon (n) Mormon Church.
Arorae (pn) the last island in the south of Kiribati.
aroro (n) four generations.
arou (n) my way/manner of.
ata (adj) wide or broad.
ata (n) rope tied from mast to outrigger (canoe).
ataa (v) know.
ataei (n) children.
ataein (n) children of.
ataeinimm'aane (n) boy.
atai (v pl) know.
ataia (v) know him/her/it.
atama (n) gravel (small stones).
atatai (v,a) skilled.
Aatia (pn) Asia.
atiibu (n) stone.
atim'akoro (n) islet.
atongaki (a) famous, renowned.
atuu (n) head.
Atua (pn) God.
Atuaia (n) their God.
atuun (n) head of.
atuun te tautaeka (n) Government Headquarters.
au (pron) my.
au (v) caulk.
aua (num) four.
auee (excl) exclamation of intensive feeling.
auti (n) house.
auti n iruwa (n) house for guest; guest-house, hotel.
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B
be bi bo bu
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E
e (pron) he, she, it.
eea (n) air.
Eberi (n) April.
Eita (p n) village on Tarawa.
Ekaretia (n) Church.
ekueetoa (n) equator.
embaea (n) empire.
eng (excl) yes.
engaa (interrog) where?
Engiran (p n) England.
Ereti (p n) Ellice (Tuvalu).
eta (prep) up.
eti (adj) right, correct, straight.
ewanin (n) coconut husk.
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I
I (pron) I.
iaa (interrog) where?
ia (n) blood vessel.
ia (n) tide.
ia (n) hair.
iabuti (n) high tide.
iai (affirmative) thereby, there is, there are.
iaan (adv) below, under.
ianimaama (adj) moonlit.
iangoa (v) think of.
iaon (prep) on/over.
iaona (prep) on/over it.
iaati (n) yard.
ibu (n) shell of coconut.
ibuakoia (prep) among them.
ibukiia (prep) for them.
ibukin (prep) for.
ibukina (prep) for him/her/it, because; at the back of him/her/it.
ibun (n) shell of.
ibuna (n) its shell.
ibuobuoki (adj) helpful.
ibuobuoki (n) helping.
ie (n) sail.
iein (n) marriage.
iein (v) marry.
ieka (n) flood.
ieka (v) to flood.
iena (n) its sail.
ika (n) fish.
iika (n pl) fish.
ikai (adv) here.
ikan (n) fish of.
ikanne (adv) right there.
ikaraaba (n) hide and seek.
ikaraaba (v) hide and seek.
ikarii (n) bony fish.
ikawai (n) grown-up.
ikawaina (n) his/her/its age; growing up.
ikekei (adv) over there.
I Kiribati (n) Gilbertese.
ikoaki (n) wounded person.
ikoaki (v pass) injured.
ikotaki (n) gathering.
ikotaki (v) add to; included.
im'aaim (prep) before you.
im'aain (prep) before.
im'aaiu (prep) before me.
imanaki (v pass) scaled.
I Matang (n) white people; Europeans.
imwiim (prep) after you.
imwiin (prep) after.
imwiina (prep) after him/her/it.
in (adj) closed, shut.
inaai (n) mat (coconut leaf).
inanon (prep) in.
inaaomata (n) independence.
inti (n) inch.
ingaabong (n) morning.
irakea (v) to hoist.
iraman (interrog) how many? (for animals).
iran (n) strands of.
iranna (v) how to do (a thing).
iraanaki (v pass) how (something) is done.
iraorao (adj) friendly.
irarikin (prep) beside.
iraua (interrog) how many?
irewii (n) tooth brushing.
irewii (v) to brush teeth.
iri (v) go with, follow, attend.
iriko (n) meat.
iriko (v) go with you;.
irikona (n) its flesh.
irouia (prep) by them.
iroum (prep) by you.
iroun (prep) by, of.
irouna (prep) by him/her.
iroura (prep) by us.
irua/iriwa (n) guest, stranger.
iruwa (n) stranger, foreigner.
itauu (n) boxing.
itera (n) half.
iteran (n) half of.
iterana (n) half of it.
iteran to kawai (n) side of the road.
iti (n) lightning.
itiia (v) scoop it up.
itibong (n) half moon.
itibwi (num) seventy.
itiua (num) seven.
itoi (n) star.
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K
ke ki ko ku
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M
me mi mo mu
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N
ne ni no nu
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NG
ngaa (interrog) where?
ngaa (num) thousand.
ngae (adj) enough, satisfied.
ngai (pron) me, I.
ngaia (pron) him/her/it; he, she, it.
ngaina (n) daylight.
ngkai (adv) now.
ngkam (excl) I don't know.
ngkamii (pron) you (pl.).
ngkana (conj) when, if.
ngkanne (conj) then.
ngke (conj) when.
ngke e ingaabong (adv) this morning.
ngke e tairiki (adv) last night.
ngkoa (adv) long ago.
ngkoananoa (adv) yesterday.
ngkoe (pron) you (sing).
ngongo (v) itching.
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O
oo (n) wall, enclosure, pen.
oi (n) torch light made by rolling dry coconut leaves.
oi ni kibee (n) torch for torch-fishing (on reef).
oi n tatae (n) torch for torch-fishing (for flying fish).
oki (n) return.
oki (v) come back.
okira (v) return to; come back to.
Okitoba (n) October.
okiu (n) my return.
okoro (adj) different.
okoro (n) difference; aside; apart.
okoro (v) aside; apart.
on (adj) full up.
on (n) turtle.
oon (n) wall of.
oonaoraki (n) hospital.
onauti (n) flying fish.
onean (n) replacement of.
onobwi (num) sixty.
onoman (num) six (animate).
Onotoa (p n) island in the Gilberts between Tabiteuea and Tamana.
onoua (num) six (general).
ongo (v) hear.
ongoraa (v) listen to.
ora (n) low tide.
oreaki (v pass) hit.
orean (n) beat of.
oreano (n) ball bat (kind of game where one group bats the ball and the other
group tries to catch).
oota (adj) bright, clear.
oota (n) light.
oota (v) see clearly, understand.
otabaniniaki (v pass) surrounded.
oti (v) rise; show; appear.
otintaai (n) sunrise.
otooto (n) composing, composition.
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R
re ri ro ru
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T
te ti to tu
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U
uu (n) eel trap.
uaa (n) fruit.
uaa (v) bearing fruit.
uabaa (num) two (leaves).
uabwi (num) twenty.
uaia (adj) both.
uaaia (n) their fruits.
uaia (n) racing.
uaakai (pron) these men.
uaakanne (pron) those men.
uaakekei (pron) those men there.
uaana (n) its fruit.
uaanikai (n) fruit.
uangaun (num) twenty.
uara (interrog) how is it?
uareereke (adj) small, tiny.
uatai (num) two times; twice.
uaati (v) wash.
ukeuke (n) examination.
ukeuke (v) to examine, to test.
uki ni bai (n) fingernail.
uki ni baim (n) your fingernail.
um'a (n) house.
um'an reirei (n) house of schooling, classroom.
um'an tabu (n) house of holiness; church.
um'an tebotebo (n) house of bath; bathroom.
umunaki (adj) baked.
unika (n) plant.
unika (v) plant.
unikaki (v pass) planted.
uniki (v) plant (pl. form of unika).
unimm'aane (n) old man.
unuuniki (n) agriculture.
unuuniki (v) to plant.
uoman (num) two (people/animals or birds).
uotaki (v pass) brought.
uoti (v) to carry (plural of uota).
uoua (num) two (general).
uraura (adj) red.
uringa (v) remember.
uringga (v) remember it.
uruakaki (v pass) broken.
uruaki (v pass) broken.
uto (n) young coconut tree.
utuu (n) family, relative.
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W
waa (n) canoe.
wae (n) leg, foot.
waebua (n) thumb.
waekoa (adj) fast.
waekoa (v) walk fast.
waeremwe (adj) slow.
waeremwe (v) walk slowly.
waetata (adj) fast.
waaia (n) their canoe.
waaki (v) go on; progress.
waan (n) canoe of.
waanibanga (n) Kiribati dance (for men).
wanibwi (num) eighty.
waanikiba (n) airplane.
waniman (num) eight (men, women, etc.) (animate).
waniua (num) eight (stone, books, etc.) (inanimate).
wareka (v) read; count.
warekia (v) read it; count it.
warem'ane (n) counting money.
warem'ane (v) count money.
wareware (n) reading.
wareware (v) read.
wene (v) lie down.
wetea (v) call.
wii (n) tooth; mouth.
wiib'ara (n) wheel barrow.
wiiki (n) week.
wiikin (n) week of.
wiin (n) mouth of; peak of; blade (razor, knife, axe, etc.).
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