kaotira

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

kaótira

vi. to have a new or strange appearance.

kaotira

v. to reveal or show oneself in a bad or inconvenient manner, to drop in at a bad time, to show oneself with odd appearance.