kaunikai

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

káunikaái

vi. to fish for the unikai.

kaunikai

n. competition, contest, combat.

v. to oppose arms, to put systems, methods, tricks, etc., into competition.

vt. kaunikaia: idem.