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abaaba

n. fence, wall of a house

akai dabadaba

earing

akai dala dala

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n. white and purple flower plant

akiaki

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n. white biblical dove

au e hihai e miami

phrase I want to

baganga du numekai

n. pot

bagugu

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defecate (shit)

bai bai

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n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

belubelu

fish species

bibi

n. scallop

boiboi

adj. dumb

bolobolo higi duwwongo

basket for serving portions at a feast

bulu luuluu ngudu

tooth brush

dada

vt. pull; drag

daledale

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cough

damagiigi

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adj. young

dangada agoago

n. teacher

dedeedonu

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

dedeegila

adj. unsuccessful

dihidihi

n. moorish idol

diidii

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bosom/breast

do engo go ai?

phrase What’s your name?

dongidongi

Peck

dongodongo

n. boxing or fighting

duu lagalaga manini

school of surgeon fish

gadagada

laugh

gaga

vt. climb

gahu lahilahi

thin cloth

ganniu balabala

soft meat of green cocount

gaugau

vi. bathe

gelegele kene

white sand

gelegele pungu

disk-like sand particle

gili bugubugu

n. hives

goaa baba

level ground

gologolo

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n. grass

gologolo

Fimbristylis cymosa

n. plant

Example: Photo by Forest and Kim Starr February 12, 2001 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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v. be somewhat fast

gurugurua

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noun mud

haadodo

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

haahaa

to feel about in the dark, to grope

habehabe

vi. to limp

haga raraura

set on fire

hagadaudau

vt. always reluctant

hagagonigoni

vt. rock back and forth

hagagono

vt. get drunk

hagahagaduu

vt. try to make (something) stand up

hagahagagila

vt. to try to formulate (e.g., an idea or plan)

hagahagaoho

vt. scream periodically

hagahagaulungi

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

hagahigihigi

vi. be quiet

hagalengelenge

vt. allow to ripen

hagaligiligi

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

hagamangamanga

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

hagamiami hagaheetugi

welcoming feast

haka hegehege

v. surf

haka limalima

v. hurry

hale ngogo manu

noun bird nest

haluhalu

carving/scraping noise

Hepepa

Hepepa
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

hoehoe

Clerodendrum inerme

n. flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

Example: Photo by Lauren Gutierrez February 4, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

huluhulu ngutu

n. beard hair

huruhuru

beard

kalakala

n. sponge

kalati mataata

n. mirror

kerekere

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sand

labelabe

n. olive-scribbled wrasse

lagau duduia

n. thorn branch

lau baba

n. board

lialiagi

vi. shake one’s head

libaliba

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drunk, be

libogo deledele

libogo deledele

n. a lure for trawling

limalima

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fast

llamu daadaa

Musky smell of sex

Mada Madangi

Mada Madangi
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name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

madaalili uu

n. nipple of breasts

madabiabia

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n. six-blotch hind

madalimalima

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adj. early (for an appt)

makamak

Asteroidea sp.
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n. starfish

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

malala

n. embers

mama

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n. mother

manamana

vt. weigh (on a scale); seek by divination

manu mamaangi

manu mamaangi

n. bird

Example: Photo by tropical.pete September 28, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

matua tuadolu

phrase a triple hook

mimi

vi. urinate

mudamuda

n. chin

ngahingahi

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

nganganga

n. tin roofing

ngogo

n. zero

paku kuru

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breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

pipi

Asaphis violascens
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clam shell, used for ornament or for scraping off burned outer shell of cooked breadfruit

Example: Photo by genjitsu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Pungupungu

Pungupungu
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

ruwaruwa

vomit

taalo mangamanga

n. a three pronged fishing spear

takamomo

n. blue boxfish

tamagigi ahine

n. teenage girl

tangehange

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n. ghost crab

taro woroworo

taro woroworo
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n. branching coral

tebetebe

Box

touhou

n. place name: heavily populated central islet

tuahina ahina

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