kabari

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

kab'ári

vi. to sit on the ground or a mat with the legs crossed at the ankles.

n. sitting on the ground with the legs crossed at the ankles.

kabari

ex. kabari ranga, kakabari.

nv. to sit with legs crossed (tailor fashion).

vc. kabaria: to (slightly) curve, arch.

see bari.