kikira ni care for someone / administer / observe (the law)

1. • care for someone
   • • social interaction

   • • Example 3375:
       

       meori paa kikira ni bona beiko vai,

       they cared for this child,

       Source: Siv 01E(Eno) 078

     • Example 3376:
       

       E sinaman ahiki be kikira vamataa ni kamanam.

       Your mother does not care well for us. (lit. Your mother, it is not the case that (she) cares well for us.)

       Source: Aro 03E(Eno) 054

     • Example 3377:
       

       Tea tabae enaa na reasi nom tea kikira papahiana nia vaan vai,

       This is because, I do not want to look after this village on my own.

       Source: Mor 01R 630-631

2. • administer
   • • unclassified

   • • Example 3378:
       

       A Germany na kikira vakis ni rori bona Bougainville.

       The Germans were still administering Bougainville.

       Source: Nah 01R 017

3. • observe (the law)

   • • Example 3379:
       

       Evehe, eam amaa moon eam toro kikira nia law.

       But you, the women, you must observe the law.

       Source: Iar 01R 271

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• See also:
  • kiikikira ni care for someone
  • kikira take care of someone/something, look after someone/something