tikubara

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

tikubæ/ra

va. having its sails lowered as a fleet.

tikubæ/raa

vt. to invest a place as a fleet for lowering sails.

tikubara

vt. to alight on, to stop on, to descend in a body, to invade a port (sailing vessels), a place (birds).