tebeka

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

tébeka

vt. to strike against or upon as spilt hot water, or sand, or sparks.

tebeka

from. tebe, tetebera:

v. idem. to splash on, to gush out onto, to fall on, to rebound on to, to cover with splashes.