matanikananoanga

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/tanikánanoánga

a. sad-faced, wearing a pitiable face.

n. sadness of face.

matanikananoanga

a. pitiful, pitiable.

vc. ka-matanikananoanga: to render..., to make look...