tabaka

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

tábaka

vt. to snap at as a dog, to kick as a horse.

tabaka

vt. to surprise, to take by..., to fall on, to seize, to bite, to hit suddenly.

ex. e na tabakiko te tababa: the shark will attack you, will surprise you suddenly.