botua

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

bòtua

vi. to glance off as a weapon.

botua

from. boti.

vt. botuaia to arrange, to put in place, to set in order.

botua¹

v. botua nako. to slide over, to rebound on... to pass beside, to hit in deviating.

vt. kabotua: to make...