kakawa

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.
Luomala: Katharine Luomala, Ethnobotany of the Gilbert Islands (1953). Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 213.

Bingham

kákawaa

vi. frequentative of kawa.

kakawa

n. a small crustacean.

ex. species: te i matang, te kakawa, te kakawa n i matang.

kakawa

sn. Uca tetragonon.

n. fiddler crab.