taumanta

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

taumæn/ta

vi. to engage in slandering or speaking evil of, or defaming.

n. defamation, a speaking ill of.

taumanta

n. taua mantan te: observation of behaviour, habits, conduct.

vt. tataumanta, taumanta: to observe, to remark, to discern, to examine the manners, characters of...