banta

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'an/ta

vt. to assault a songle person in numbers of two or more.

bæn/ta

n. panther (ENG).

banta

n. encirclement.

vt. to encircle, to surround on all sides.

ex. bambanta, kiribambanta.