Gilbertese

English + language Etymology From en Gilbert ese. See Gilbertese language § Name on Wikipedia. Pronunciation en en Proper noun An Austronesian language spoken in Kiribati. Synonyms en Kiribati Translations language Afrikaans: af Kiribaties Armenian: hy Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 基里巴斯语 jīlǐbāsī yǔ Danish: da kiribatisk, da gilbertesisk Dutch: nl Kiribatisch n, nl Kiribati n Finnish: fi kiribati French: fr gilbertin m Georgian: ka Irish: ga Gilbirtis f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kiribatisk Nynorsk: nn kiribatisk Portuguese: pt gilbertês m Russian: ru кириба́ти f n, ru ги́лбертский m Spanish: es kiribatiano m, es gilbertés m Noun * en chiefly in the plural A person from the Gilbert Islands in Kiribati. en Kiribatian en 1981 Roland W. Force; Brenda Bishop Persistence and Exchange: Papers from a Symposium on Ecological Problems of the Traditional Societies of the Pacific Region : XIV Pacific Science Congress, Khabarovsk, U.S.S.R., August--September, 1979 If each Gilbertese passes on land to his or her children, not very many generations will pass before the land plots become relatively fragmented. This was and is the case. Many land plots are small, Usage notes Further reading gil en 3-syllable words eponyms en Languages Nationalities Kiribati