taumata

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

táumæta

vi. to fish with a log or board for a canoe.

n. the method of fishing in which a log or rail takes the place of a canoe.

taumata

n. a manner of fishing, by diving <dive> with goggles.

v. to fish in thie manner.

ex. e taumataki te ika.

Topics: Fishing