matabao

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

mæ/tab'áo

a. cross-eyeed.

n. affliction of being cross-eyed, a cross-eyed person.

matabao

a. cross eyedd.

n. squint.

fig. to be wanting in assurance, self-possession, frankness.

vc. kamatabaoa.