tebururu

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

tébururu

vi. to spatter as heavy rain drops.

tebururu

from. te, tete and bururu.

nv. (1) e tebururu te ang: the wind bespatters.

ex. e tebururu n taetae: he sputters saliva when speaking.

v. (2) to stammer, to stutter, to splutter, to splatter.

vt. tebururua: to splatter.