onika

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

oónika

n. onycha [incense ingredient] (ENG).

ónika

vt. change.

onika

vt. to transform, to change.

red. ononika, onionika,.

ex. te onikaki: the changing, the transformation, transubstantiation (Mass).