manenaka

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

mænenaáka

va. anointed or besmeared with oil.

manenaka

or. maninaka.

n. a thin film of oil (on water, the sea, or the skin).

v. to anoint with perfumed oil.
kamanenaka: to oil, to anoint.