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abiabi

abiabi

n. foam

au e hihai e miami

phrase I want to

baahi dodo

blood clot

baba hale

baba hale

n. floor (house)

bai bai

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n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

balabala

grown soft

banuunu

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

beabeau

many waves

biabia

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

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n. octopi in general

bolobolo

bolobolo
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basket

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

bulubulu

vt. embrace

dahida daane

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

daladala

Crinum asiaticum

n. spider lily

Example: Photo by angeliathatsme July 1, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

dangada hai buubuu

n. sorcerer

dedeebaba

vi. to worry about

dedeedae

adj. always late

dedeedonu

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

dedeegila

adj. unsuccessful

dedeemimi

adj. constantly having to urinate

dedeeoo

adj. stuffed full

deledele

trawling

dinana donu

natural mother

dongidongi

Peck

dongodongo

n. boxing or fighting

duludulu

n. house post

duuaa i lodi di moomee

to appear unhealthy from overwork

duuaganga

duuaganga

n. coconut husk

gaagenge

n. ladder

gaagenge

n. ladder, stairway

galili

n. young children

geiga iga

fish innards

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

goaa gulugulua

disgusting place

gololangi

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n. cloud

golooloo luumada

bunch of drinking coconuts

golugolu

n. mud

hadahada

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chest

haga nghoronghoro

snore

hagaadaada

first light of the moon or sun

hagababaulia

vt. to measure out, allot

hagabaubau

vt. think

hagadagamila

vt. distort

hagaganniu

vt. add more coconut meat

hagagiwigiwi

vt. to squint

hagagonigoni

vt. rock back and forth

hagagono

vt. get drunk

hagahaga

mf to try to, periodically (variant of haga prefix, augmenting the meaning of the derivative form in the sense of repetitive action over a long period of time)

hagahagahumalia

vt. make up (after fighting)

hagahemeheme

vt. tidy, to keep clean

hagalulu nia iga

to accumulate school of fish by feeding them, to attract by baiting

hagamagama

to Mash

hagamama

help

hagamangamanga

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

hagamanini tawe

school of flying fish

haka limalima

v. hurry

hale baguuguu

hale baguuguu

n. outhouse

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

hiahi humalia goe?

phrase good evening

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

houhou

Bark

huluhulu ngutu

n. beard hair

huluhulu wahang

n. armpit hair

huogodo dogorua

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both

huruhuru

beard

kaukau

kaukau

swimming

kii gii lala

lie (down)

korokoro

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boiled

lagau duduia

n. thorn branch

lala

vi. heat up

lala

roasted

libaliba

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drunk, get

llamu daadaa

Musky smell of sex

madabiabia

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n. six-blotch hind

madalimalima

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adj. early (for an appt)

manamana

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

mangamanga

going any direction

matagitagiloo

once upon a time, first time

Matukerekere

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

mee ngiingii

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n flute, whistle

moigaga

n. a fiber of coconut husk

ngogo di golomada

n. eyeball

ngongong

n. tin roof

ngungu

To chew or masticate

nguunguu

v. mutter

nogunogu

v. crumple

papa

noise of multiple claps

piapia

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n a fruit salad made of breadfruit and soursop, mixed with sugar or coconut juice, eaten raw not cooked

puu puu

bang bang

takamomo

n. blue boxfish

tamagigi dane

n. teenage boy

tangada mada mada humalia

n. guardian

tangitangi hekai

n. hungry whine

tata

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canoe part: float braces

tawatawa

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n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

teluakalakala

Skirt

Ti Rongorongo

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personal name of a Kapinga man who lived in the first half of the 20th century.

uga hagalala

n. long line for bottom fishing