takaroro

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

tákaroro

vi. to be very thirsty.

n. very great thirst.

takaroro

sup. mautakaroro:

na. from taka. very dry, dry, dried up, very thirsty, extremely arid.

vc. katakaroroa: to dry thoroughly, to give great thirst.