rautara

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

ráutæra

vi. to engage in stripping off the thorns on the edge of the pan leaf.

n. the process of removing the thorns on the sides of a pandanus leaf.

ráutaraa

vt. to strip off the thorns on the edfe of a pandanus leaf.

rautara

and raetara.

vt. to strip off thorny edge of pandanus leaf.