tokara

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

tókara

vt. to squat upon, to take by force as land.

tokara

from. toka:

vt. to get up on, to get on, to sit on.

fig. to seize, to secure, to usurp, to dominate, to overcome, to crush, to defeat, to triumph over.

ex. e tokara nanou te nanokawaki: I am overcome by sorrow.