kiwati

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

kíwati

vi. stand away, stand one side, used in the imperative.

ki-wati

v. to move forward or nearer (without standing up).

vt. kiwata: to push forward or towards, to approach.

vc. ka-kiwata: to make move forward or towards.

ex. kiwatia, kakiwatia.