bakatae

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

bákatae

a. extravagant, prodigal, lavish.

n. prodigality, extravagance.

bakatae

v. to waste, to squander, to lavish, to dissipate.

vt. bakataea: to waste, to squander, to dissipate.

n. te tia bakatae: squanderer.

ex. te nati ae bakatae: the prodigal son.