burita

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

búrita

vt. to twitch, to pull suddenly.

n. an enchanted place dangerous to visit.

burita

n. a place haunted and dangerous, to be avoided for fear of being carried away and ill-treated by anti or currents.

burita¹

vt. buburita, buriburita: to pull, to drag, to carry away abruptly.

ex. e buriti te aira: the current carries away.