karotun

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

károtun

vi. to be stubbed as the toe, to stagger after stubbing the toe.

karotun

v. to hurt the toes, to trip after stubbing one's toes.

red. karotuntun, karotuna.

or. karetuna.

vt. to crash against, to drive back, to contest.

ex. karotuna te taeka: to accuse directly.