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amuamu

n strands, threads

apolo

n devil

ara fafare

n village (lit. row of houses)

ariki ~ teriki

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n chief, ruler, God, spirits

aro

n chest, front side

eigo

n name

eiva

n nine

elta

n elder

fafa

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n mouth, mouthlike opening

faga

n bed, platform, shelf

fagokoumajira

n pan pipes made of bamboo

fajaga

n period of time, point in time

fakamiji

v to cause to dream

fakapuruga

n knot, knob, ring

fakoko

n a fight

fasao

n word

fatakanu

n charm worn for the dead

fatoto

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n outrigger pins

favaka

n wood planks, prepared lumber

feiava

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

feirau

n circle of people

feisaua

v to plant using the sau

feria

v beg from one who has nothing; teasing, joke-telling

fesao

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n language, speech

fesaoga

n story

fetu

n stone

fiai

n shell necklace

fiava

n bay, harbor, anchorage

foa

n traditional dance

foe

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

fofo

n deck

foforua

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

foi rei

n a killing stick

foinaravrevi

n a mound between two rows of yams

forau

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v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

forauga

n trip, voyage

fotakoto

v to fish from land or reef

fousia

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v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

fuaga

n grindstone

furifasao

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

furufare

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[furufare] n a row of thatch

furumoa

n fishing lure

gasaujiri

n arrow, spear

gasina

n taro and banana garden

hgoro saki

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[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

hia

hello

hkai

n story, tale, legend

hkio

adj exceedingly small

hlaga aika

v to fish using large nets

hmauta

n inland people

hnofoga

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[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

hnou

v to thatch

hpane

n grater

hpura

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

hsore

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

htao

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[tʰao] n Saturday

htunu

v to cook, roast on embers

hva

n sound, voice, noise

iriri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

kalapuni

n sleeping mat

kane

n beater for drum

karea

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

karoji

n bow string

katiepia

n long club with roots at head

kato iotea

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

kato vaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

kau

n to swim

kaupa

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n fence

kaupega

n fishing net

kausua

n a stick for a net

keripoga

n a feast

kiato

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n outrigger rods

kirikiri

n coral bits; gravel

kopra

n dried coconut meat

koraga

n large crowbar

koupa

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[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

lavafatu

n knot

maka

n sling

maka ufi

n harvest festival

matarua

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n girdle, men’s

mavaka

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n stranger, guest

mega

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n cloth

nakunari

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[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

naleva

n a traditional dance

nasara

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[nahsara] n day before yesterday

nasivari

nasivari
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n grave

neli

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[nieli] n friend

nigapu

n adze

nohkano

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n spirit

nopogi htao

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Saturday

pai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[pai] boundary stones

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paufa

menstruation

peinu

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waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

pepaea

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n house fence

phane

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[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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potuhpuku

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[potupʰuku] n mat for sitting upon

ramaga

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[ramaŋa] a season

sakiri

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[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

torojei fotara

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n lower sail

vaka

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n canoe