ekira

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

ékira

n. edge or border of a mat.

vt. finish off the edge of a mat.

ekira

from. eke.

vt. to bend a dry or crisp thing, to roll up pandanus leaves, to weave the edge of a mat.

n. the finishing off of a mat, the border of a mat.