bangabanga

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

b'ángab'anga

n. a hole.

a. full of holes, having a hole, leaky.

bangabanga

n. nibangabanga, kibangabanga: a hole, an opening, orifice, breach, aperture, perforation.

a. pierced, having a hole in, perforated.

vt. kabangabanga: to make a hole in, to bore into, etc.