katutu

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

kaatútu

n. the root of young babai.

vi. to engage in digging up katutu.

katutu

n. species of taro of inferior quality, little cultivated, small in size.

v. katutu, kakatutu: to dig up, to get out taro.

vt. katutua: idem.