mataki

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

matæ/ki

a. blind.

n. blind person.

mataki

a. destitute of sight, blind.

n. a blind person.

vc. ka-mataki: to blind.
kamatakia: to cause to be blind, to deprive of sight, to obstruct the sight.