rababa

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

ræ/baba

a. broad.

n. breadth.

rababa

n. width.

a. wide.

vc. ka-rababa, karababaea: to enlarge, to extend.
karababa: to flatten out, to spread out.

n. te karababa: dried pandanus fruit in slabs.