kaikonaki

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

káikonaki

n. a figure.

ex. taetae ni kaikonaki parable.

vi. to speak in a parable.

kaikonaki

or. taetae ni kaikonaki:

n. a parable, comparison, figure, symbol, allegory, allegorical language.

v. to speak in..., by...