barakaraka

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

barákaraka

a. not in earnest about.

barakaraka

from. raka.

v. to walk uneasily, unsteadily, to go or do with hesitation or difficulty.

a. awkward, slow.

vc. kabarakaraka: to make.

ex. teibarakaraka: to be hesitating, without initiative, waiting.