karababaua

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

karababáuaa

vt. to flatten out as soft food.

karababaua

vt. to flatten out, to spread in thin slabs (for example, food).

karababaua¹

n. tobacco (in cakes not cut) as Derby.

syn. boa.