bakatoko

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

bákatoko

n. a long brace for supporting the prow of a canoe when beached.

bakatoko

n. a support, prop, stay, buttress.

v. to lean against, to support.

vt. bakatokoa: to support, to uphold, to stay, to consolidate.