bairemwe

Bingham: Hiram Bingham, A Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1908, 1953). American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Sabatier: Ernest Sabatier, M.S.C., Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français (1954), translated by Sr. M. Oliva as Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1971). South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau.

Bingham

báiremwe

vi. to manipulate slowly.

bairemwe

from. iremwe.

a. slow at hand work.

red. babairemwe, babairemweremwe, kabairemwe: who works slowly, keeps back the work.

vc. kabairemwea: to keep late, to slow down, to impede work.