kauntaba

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

káuntæbaa

vt. to contradict another.

káuntæba

n. contradiction.

kauntaba

n. a collision, contradiction.

v. kauntaba ma: to oppose, to contradict, to cause to collide, to clash.