tabeua

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

tabéua

a. some, several, a few, referring to inanimate objects.

tabeua

a. some, a few (general).

ex. ti tabeua te taeka: only a few words.

vt. tabeua, tetabeuaia: to take one by one, to give to each one...