kainababu

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

kainabábu

vi. to keep silent, not to speak out.

kainabábu

n. forbearance from speech.

kainababu

v. to keep silence. kainababu! don't speak! silence! te kainababu: cessation of noise, silence.

vt. kainababua: to make...