takabe

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.
Goo &amp; Banner: Fannie C. C. Goo &amp; Albert H. Banner, A Preliminary Compilation of Gilbertese Animal and Plant Names (1963).

Bingham

tákabe

n. a fish, the.

a. fully grown as a baweata.
rich in flavor as a baweata.

takabe

n. a fish, striped snapper.

tákabe

sn. Lutianus kasmira.

n. striped snapper (mainly yellow with four bright blue lines on its body) (hh).