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Language: Kiribati

Source/Author:  Bingham & Sabatier via Stephen Trussel and Gordon 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:gil  Glottocode: gilb1244 
Notes:  A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary based on the works of Hiram Bingham, D.D. and Father Ernest Sabatier, M.S.C. (translated by Sr. M. Oliva) with additional scientific material from Luomala, Goo & Banner. Compiled by Stephen Trussel and Gordon W. Groves, University of Hawaii, 1978 (http://www.trussel.com/kir/dic/dic_a.htm) 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Micronesian:Micronesian Proper:Ikiribati 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
175 above i eta   1  
191 all náko      
192 and áo      
192 and ma   2  
146 ash mannang      
173 at i   1  
173 at ni   1  
173 at n   1  
13 back word info áku   12  
165 bad, evil be      
165 bad, evil buákaka      
165 bad, evil buréti      
165 bad, evil tabobe      
14 belly bíroto abdomen    
176 below i nano   8  
153 big búbura "naba" - 'too, also' is the purported cognate - JCM    
153 big kora      
97 bird man   1  
97 bird mæn   1  
147 black b'áta      
147 black kun      
147 black roró      
23 blood rara   1  
15 bone ri   2  
113 branch word info m'ánga [<] Pn; looks like a loan from Polynesian   L
18 breast b'aáb'aa lower part of the breast x  
18 breast úb'a upper part of the breast x  
56 child atáei   7, 84  
56 child nati   5  
56 child næ/ti   5  
56 child teéi   7  
56 child tei   7  
131 cloud word info nang   37  
139 cold word info mariri   1  
139 cold word info mæ/riri   1  
166 correct, true éti a. correct;    
166 correct, true kóaua b. true, real    
168 day ngaina day, daylight    
10 dirty baitoto      
10 dirty bakanana      
10 dirty baáreka      
10 dirty korowawa      
96 dog kíri   7  
140 dry word info m'áu a. dry 11  
140 dry word info taka b. to dry    
140 dry word info bataka a. dry; 14  
140 dry word info kam'áua b. to dry 11  
82 dull, blunt kábubu   13  
11 dust búbu smoke, dust, sawdust    
43 ear taninga   1  
43 ear tæ/ninga   1  
119 earth/soil tano earth, soil 1  
119 earth/soil tæ/no ground 1  
98 egg bunatoi egg of bird or turtle 80  
98 egg bunæ/toi egg of bird or turtle 80  
204 Eight word info wani-ua general word; root: wan, wani 3  
204 Eight word info wanua   3  
204 Eight word info wanu-ua   3  
204 Eight word info wani-   3  
45 eye mata eye, look 1  
45 eye mæ/ta figure, face 1  
180 far kino      
180 far kírarewa   45  
180 far kíraroa   45  
180 far raróa   1  
104 fat/grease nénea grease, fat    
60 father táma   1  
99 feather buráe ni man buráe = hair, fur, feather    
208 Fifty word info nimábwi   10  
208 Fifty word info nimángaun   1  
208 Fifty word info nima-ŋaun   1  
208 Fifty word info nima-bwii   10  
143 fire ái   1  
111 fish íka fish (general term), fish of any kind 1  
201 Five word info nimáua general word; root: nima 1  
201 Five word info nii-man   1  
201 Five word info nima-ua   1  
201 Five word info nima-   1  
116 flower marewe      
116 flower ue      
132 fog maábubu   77  
132 fog mabubu   77  
132 fog marabu      
200 Four word info áua general word; root: a    
117 fruit uaa   1  
164 good raoi   18  
164 good ráoirói   18  
164 good reréi   18  
164 good wau      
164 good kan      
118 grass utéute      
151 green mawáwa   13  
26 hair word info íra n átu hair of the head    
1 hand bái hand, arm, wing, fin 8  
184 he/she ngáia   1, 68  
184 he/she e   x  
24 head átu   9  
142 heavy rawata heavy    
142 heavy tinebu weighty    
61 house áuti      
61 house úm'a   1  
194 how? word info kanga      
57 husband bu spouse 16  
57 husband kainaba husband, wife    
182 I ngái   12  
182 I i   x  
182 I n n: before verb x  
193 if ngkána      
174 in, inside i   4  
174 in, inside ni   55  
174 in, inside n   55  
174 in, inside nano   1  
16 intestines kanoa n nano bowels, intestines    
126 lake nama   8  
126 lake reeke      
114 leaf ba      
2 left máing left, left-hand, left-handed person 13  
4 leg/foot wáe a leg, a foot 1, 100  
135 lightning íti lightning, thunderbolt, electricity, light 34  
17 liver áto   1  
155 long word info anáu   13  
155 long word info anánau   13  
108 louse word info úti   1  
54 man/male m'aáne male 1  
54 man/male mane man 1  
103 meat/flesh íriko flesh, muscle, meat 10  
129 moon namakáina moon, month    
109 mosquito maninnara   91  
109 mosquito mæ/ninara   91  
59 mother tína   1  
30 mouth wi teeth, tooth, mouth, beak, point, needle    
63 name ara   1, 18  
158 narrow réme      
158 narrow wáriki   13  
179 near kan irregular *ŋ > n 1, 75  
179 near aikan      
25 neck roróa      
68 needle néiran Loan? 36  
68 needle néiro Loan? 36  
163 new bou Bender et al. (2003:292) suggest this is a loan from a Polynesian source   L
163 new menaái      
163 new ngkáinaba      
167 night bong   1  
205 Nine word info ruáiua general word; root: rua 27  
205 Nine word info rua-   27  
195 no, not kákea      
195 no, not tiáki      
27 nose b'áiri   1, 12  
162 old word info kara old, aged, elderly    
197 One word info teuána general word; 14  
209 One Hundred word info tebúbua one hundred 9  
209 One Hundred word info búbua hundred 9  
209 One Hundred word info (te)-bwubwua   20  
210 One Thousand word info nga thousand 18  
210 One Thousand word info ténga one thousand 18  
190 other      
160 painful, sick áoraki sick, unwell; sickness, disease 1  
53 person/human being aomata man, human, native 67, 70  
133 rain kárau to rain; rain, rainwater 24  
102 rat kimóa mouse, rat Pn loan - JCM   L
149 red uráura      
3 right átai the right, the right hand of, right handed 5, 40  
6 road/path káwai road, way, route, path, street    
115 root wákaa   2  
115 root waka   2  
65 rope mae string, rope, cord; Pn loan - JCM   L
112 rotten word info m'æ/ka      
112 rotten word info mka      
112 rotten word info toto      
125 salt taoro      
121 sand bíke beach sand, sand bank, sandy soil 13  
124 sea tari sea 1  
124 sea taári salt water, sea water. 1  
124 sea -tari   1  
124 sea taari   1  
203 Seven word info itúa general word; root: iti 1  
203 Seven word info iti-ua   1  
203 Seven word info iti-   1  
203 Seven word info itu-ua   1  
81 sharp kakang   14, 68  
81 sharp mariro      
81 sharp namta      
154 short word info kimótoto      
19 shoulder ánga      
161 shy, ashamed angama      
161 shy, ashamed maama   1  
202 Six word info onóua general word; root: ono 1  
202 Six word info one-   1  
12 skin kun skin, peel, bark, crust, membrane 1  
128 sky kárawa heaven, the blue sky, the skies    
152 small kárako   118  
152 small kakárako   118  
152 small tiko      
145 smoke word info búbu      
145 smoke word info marabu      
106 snake náeta serpent, snake    
110 spider areau   6  
130 star ítoi   1  
79 stick/wood kai wood in general: trees, plants, stick, switch, rod, 1  
120 stone ati   1  
105 tail búki the base, the butt end, the buttocks, the tail    
206 Ten word info bwi   38  
206 Ten word info tebwína   38  
206 Ten word info -ŋaun   5  
178 that ae      
178 that áre   40  
178 that árei   40  
62 thatch/roof áto thatch made of coconut leaves 1  
187 they ngaia      
187 they a a: before verb    
157 thick word info maten   3  
157 thick word info mæ/ten   3  
156 thin word info bwére      
156 thin word info manni   1  
156 thin word info mæ/ni   1  
177 this áei   1, 18  
183 thou ngkóe   1  
183 thou ko ko: before verb 1  
199 Three word info tenúa general word; root: ten 1  
134 thunder ba   15, 16  
41 to bite ténaa      
137 to blow word info wái a. to blow as the wind;    
137 to blow word info uka b. to blow on, to blow out 15  
28 to breathe ike to respire, to breathe    
144 to burn word info kabueka   102  
144 to burn word info kabuóka   102  
91 to buy bób'ai to buy, to sell, to trade - Eng? - JCM    
38 to chew word info kanta to chew    
38 to chew word info mama to masticate 1  
85 to choose binea to choose, to select    
172 to climb word info tám'a a. to climb    
172 to climb word info árarake b. ascend, climb as a mountain    
7 to come ke   16  
7 to come ki   16  
7 to come róko róko means also; see Bender et al. (2003) given as "come, arrive" 9  
39 to cook word info kám'a   11  
39 to cook word info kama   11  
196 to count wáre to count, to calculate, to enumerate, to spell, to read 10  
34 to cry tang   1  
34 to cry baebaeta      
78 to cut, hack word info kórokai to cut wood    
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
90 to dig kéna   1  
50 to dream mi   1, 37  
50 to dream mia   1, 37  
50 to dream mitara      
40 to drink nima   1, 74  
40 to drink mói   1  
37 to eat kang   1  
37 to eat kana   1  
37 to eat matamu      
37 to eat ám'arake      
95 to fall word info b'áka      
22 to fear maákina not sure of -kina bit here, but Bender et al. (2003) give ma-aku 'afraid' and ma-aka 'fear s/one', so I've coded as cognate 1  
22 to fear makina not sure of -kina bit here, but Bender et al. (2003) give ma-aku 'afraid' and ma-aka 'fear s/one', so I've coded as cognate 1  
123 to flow raánga   70  
123 to flow ranga   70  
101 to fly kíba      
86 to grow word info ríki to shoot up, to spring, to grow    
44 to hear óngo   1  
171 to hide word info karabana to cover oneself, to hide oneself    
72 to hit word info bo to strike, to hit    
72 to hit word info óro to blow 15  
89 to hold word info tau      
69 to hunt word info katebe man to hunt with weapons    
74 to kill (ka-)márua      
74 to kill kamæ/tea   2  
74 to kill tiri(-nga)      
20 to know, be knowledgeable atá to know, to be aware of, to understand 35  
33 to laugh ngáre laughter    
49 to lie down word info wéne to lie down 1  
76 to live, be alive máiu be alive, live 1, 76  
92 to open, uncover úka   1  
92 to open, uncover káuka   1  
84 to plant tei   46  
84 to plant unika      
93 to pound, beat word info íka pound as food with a pestle    
64 to say atónga      
64 to say táku Pn loan - JCM   L
77 to scratch word info ngóa to scratch what itches    
46 to see nóra      
67 to sew word info itutu   17, 48  
67 to sew word info itua   17  
67 to sew word info itutua   17, 48  
70 to shoot word info katébea to shoot from a bow    
51 to sit tékateka to sit, to sit down    
48 to sleep matu   1  
48 to sleep mæ/tu   1  
48 to sleep mwe      
29 to sniff, smell aroki to smell or scent an odour 1  
29 to sniff, smell neneboi to smell or scent an odour    
36 to spit baáware      
80 to split word info aea      
80 to split word info b'énæ   1, 76  
80 to split word info bwena   1, 76  
88 to squeeze word info ong to squeeze, to press to extract juice    
71 to stab, pierce ewa to pierce, to stab    
52 to stand teirake to stand up, to get up    
73 to steal ira to steal, to rob, to cheat 8  
42 to suck nam to smack lips, to taste, to suck    
87 to swell word info bwea      
87 to swell word info uati      
9 to swim uáua      
21 to think iango      
94 to throw word info kárea to cast at, to throw at 14  
66 to tie up, fasten bae   96  
66 to tie up, fasten kabáea   96  
8 to turn word info tan   59  
8 to turn word info tæn   59  
35 to vomit múmuta   1  
5 to walk karae      
5 to walk nákonako   1  
5 to walk butæ      
5 to walk nuwae      
83 to work word info kaibekua to make work, labour    
47 to yawn ka   31  
47 to yawn kararæ   31  
47 to yawn nimæn      
32 tongue néwe   17  
31 tooth wi teeth, tooth, mouth, beak, point, needle 54  
207 Twenty word info uábwi      
207 Twenty word info uángaun      
207 Twenty word info (ua)-iaki twenty in counting fish and rolls of dried pandanus paste    
198 Two word info uóua general word; root: ua 1  
138 warm word info kabue warm (weather)    
122 water word info ran fresh water 1  
122 water word info ræn fresh water 1  
122 water word info mam fresh water 60  
122 water word info mæm fresh water 60  
185 we word info ngáira      
185 we word info ti ti: before verb    
141 wet aoi      
141 wet maimai   99  
141 wet maki      
141 wet mæ/ra   99  
188 what? word info ra   1, 52  
188 what? word info tera   1, 52  
170 when? word info níngai   1, 24  
170 when? word info n tai ra   1, 24  
181 where? word info ia   3, 48  
181 where? word info i:/a   3, 48  
181 where? word info gna      
148 white mái white 106  
148 white máina pale 106  
189 who? word info antai   9  
159 wide wárebwe      
58 wife bu spouse 10  
58 wife kainaba husband, wife    
136 wind ang wind, breeze, air 1  
100 wing bái an arm, a wing 7  
55 woman/female áine female, woman, feminine 1, 47  
127 woods/forest buákoakónikai a forest, woods    
107 worm (earthworm) íbo worm 35  
107 worm (earthworm) ino worm 35  
107 worm (earthworm) m'áta worm 10  
169 year riríki      
150 yellow méamea      
186 you ngkámi      
186 you kam kam: before verb 1  

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