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karu

Bingham

káru

vi. to sound, to make a noise by collision.

Sabatier

karu

n. karukaru, karutata: noise, din.

v. to cause a clashing noise.

Words that link here

kareu rough as the sea.
karukaru frequentative of karu to make a noise like a rat nibbling.
karutata repeated noise of collision or clash.
karutua to knock, to bang.
takaru row, shindy, great noise, uproar.
u trap to catch eels <fishing>.

Sources

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.

From A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary, compiled by Stephen Trussel and Gordon W. Groves (University of Hawaiʻi, 1978), revised and edited by Stephen Trussel (2003), as published on trussel.com. Original page (archived).

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Content from A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary, compiled by Stephen Trussel and Gordon W. Groves (University of Hawaiʻi, 1978), revised and edited by Stephen Trussel (2003), as published on trussel.com. Each entry credits the dictionaries it combines.