ngaungau

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

ngáungau

vi. to eat voraciously.

ngaungau

vt. ngaungaua, ri ngaungaua, ngangaua: to ingurgitate, to gulp down, to cram, to devour.

vc. ka-ngaungaua: to make or treat as glutton.

vt. ngauta: to devour, to cram, to gulp down.