taeaba

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

táeæba

vi. to ask as a bride for more dowry in land.

taeaba

v. to claim a piece of land, to demand..., to exact a dowry, to demand compensation, etc.