betanga

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

betánga

va. jammed, as a finger between two boxes.

betanga

a. many, much, a quantity.

syn. maiti, bati, ewa, etc.

v. to get jammed between two things, to get between two for protection, shelter.

vc. kabetanga. idem.

vt. betangana: to protect, to shelter.