kangeri

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

kángeri

n. a hair stick used as a comb.

kangeri

n. a fork of wood formerly used as comb. it was carried in a hole in ear lobe as an ornament.

vt. ka-ngeria: to comb.