Word "flag" in Gilbertese

Last modified: 2016-03-24 by antónio martins
Keywords: man | maro | ratabito | maniua |
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• Word " man "
• Word " maro "
• Word " ratabito "
• Word " maniua "

• Genetic affiliation: > Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Central-Eastern Oceanic > Remote Oceanic > Micronesian > Micronesian Proper > Ikiribati

• Word "flag" in different languages:
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• About Gilbertese (gil) in the ISO 639-3 website
• About Gilbertese (gil) in Ethnologue.com

Word " man "

Word:

man

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

There’s also the word "te man" for flag, but this word also has burglary connotations…
Brian Ellis, 04 Oct 2007

Word " maro " (="banner, flag, pennant, standard")

Word:

maro

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Meaning:

banner, flag, pennant, standard

Word " ratabito " (="banner, color, ensign, flag, pennant")

Word:

ratabito

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Meaning:

banner, color, ensign, flag, pennant

Word " maniua " (="flag")

Word:

maniua

Script:

Latin

Meaning:

flag

Variant:

unknown ^{(help needed!)} variation of "man"

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