kabururu

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

kábururu

vi. to wash, to engage in washing the face and mouth with the hands and fingers.

kabururu

v. kakabururu to wash one's face, to rinse one's mouth, to cleanse, to splash, to sprinkle, to squirt water from mouth to bathe babies.

vt. kabururua.

ex. e kabururu te kua: the whale is spouting.