kaiboa

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

kaibóa

vt. to light a pipe, to increase combustion.

kaiboóa

vt. to close or shut up tight as a box or house.

kaiboa

see ibo.

vt. to swell up, to cram, to compress. kaiboa te raba, te moko, te nano: (encourage each other).