mataneai

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

mætæ/neai

va. temporarily blinded by gazing at a fire.

n. temporary blindness caused by a bright light.

mataneai

v. to dazzle.

a. blinded by light.
kamataneai: dazzling, blinding.

vc. kamataniaia: to dazzle, to blind.