bakake

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

bákake

vi. to engage in ill treating a foster child.
to be negligent of work in the harvest season.

n. ill trearment of a foster child.
neglect of harcesting.

bakake

v. to waste, to have no care of (food, harvest, children, etc.).

vt. bakaea: to waste, to neglect.