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abaaba

n. fence, wall of a house

akai dabadaba

earing

angoli gilala

bottom fishing

arara

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n. bluefin trevally

baba dauaga

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father-in-law

baba hale

baba hale

n. floor (house)

baba madua

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maternal grandfather

bilibili

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n. octopi in general

bolebole

Shiver

bolobolo

bolobolo
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basket

bolobolo higi duwwongo

basket for serving portions at a feast

bongongo-loubuge

Siganus puellus

n. rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith November 29, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

bugubugu

bulging or hilly

bulu luuluu ngudu

tooth brush

dahuhu

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

danedaneauli

Echeneis naucrates

n. shark sucker

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 12, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

dedeedae

adj. always late

dedeedaha

adj. never flies (e.g. a kite)

dedeegida

adj. blind

dehadehaawa

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

didi

vt. wind around

dihidihi

n. moorish idol

dinana donu

natural mother

duaahina ahina

n. sister

dudu

n. zenith

duwaduwa

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tired

gaagenge

n. ladder

gabugabuwa

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cloudy

gadagada gi

to laugh at

galili

n. term referring to young things, young children

ganniu balabala

n. soft meat of green coconut

gaugau tangada

wash someone

geiga iga

fish innards

gelegele

gelegele
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noun sand

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 6, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

gelegele pungu

disk-like sand particle

gimadou nogo lala madou ika

phrase we roast a fish

goaa baba

level ground

gologolo

Fimbristylis cymosa

n. plant

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

gololangi

gololangi
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n. cloud

gono baba

reef flat

hagaaaadee

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

hagaadaada

first light of the moon or sun

hagaangiangi

to cool off by a breeze

hagababa

vt. level (e.g. ground)

hagababaulia

vt. to measure out, allot

hagagaabulu

vt. sink or submerge (purposefully)

hagagalawa di ua

make the veins of the neck stick out (as when angry)

hagaganniu

vt. add more coconut meat

hagageinga wai

boundary of taro plot

hagagoloo

vt. accumulate goods

hale baguuguu

hale baguuguu

n. outhouse

Example: Photo by Joel Abroad September 29, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

hale ngogo manu

noun bird nest

haluhalu

carving/scraping noise

hauihau

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n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Hepepa

Hepepa
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

hiahi humalia goe?

phrase good evening

hilahila

vi. look around

hilahila

n. sennit

huluhulu

n. hair not on the head

huluhulu ngutu

n. beard hair

huluhulu wahang

n. armpit hair

kii gii lala

lie (down)

lalaur

n. flame

lele hagamhuni

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escape

libaliba

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drunk, get

Mada Madangi

Mada Madangi
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name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

madamada

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n. short jawed bonefish

magamaga

n. mimic octopus and similar species

magamaga

magamaga

n. starfish

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

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

malama madangi

n. hurricane lantern

manamana

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

manamanawa

vt. throb

manawa maamaa

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kind

manu kelekele

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worm

manu mamaangi

manu mamaangi

n. bird

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

manumanu

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insect

Matukerekere

Matukerekere
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)

me hagaangiangi

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fan

mee dadaagala

n. toy

mimi

vi. urinate

nganganga

n. tin roofing

ngogo

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n. egg

ngungu

To chew or masticate

nguunguu

v. mutter

nono madua

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n. maternal grandmother

paku kuru

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breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

papa

noise of multiple claps

rugurugu

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n. gold-lined sea bream

taalo mangamanga

n. a three pronged fishing spear

tadahada

n. chest

tai gu lahilahi

low tide

takamomo

n. blue boxfish

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n. black-banded snapper

taro woroworo

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n. branching coral

tawatawa

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n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

tokitoki

noise of knocking

touhou

n. place name: heavily populated central islet

unga-hihi

n. mollusk sp.

wogowogo

n. rib cage