nanoa

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

næ/noaa

n. the front, the before.

næ/noa

vt. trouble, molest, interfere with.

nanoa

from. nano.

vt. to think about... to keep in mind, to be pre occupied with, to be busy about.

ex. tai nanoai, tai nano irou: don't be worried about me.