taokabi

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

táokæbi

vi. to engage in waylaying.

n. the occupation of a place assigned to another.

taokabi

v. (1) to lay keel of canoe.

ex. e taokabia wana: he is laying the keel of his canoe.

v. (2) to ambush, to waylay.