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akai dabadaba

earing

baba

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n. father

baba

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n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

banuunu

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

belubelu

fish species

benben

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

benebene

raise

benebene

save

boiboi

adj. dumb

buu iliili

trumpet shell

buubuu

vi. sorcerize

daadaa

vt. hew

dada

Lutjanus vaigiensis

n. red snapper

Example: Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Center April 3, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

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

daudau

vt. wrestle

dedeedaha

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

dedeenoho

adj. unceasingly, always

dedeeoo

adj. stuffed full

dedeetau

adj. too small, misfitted

dedeetomo

adj. to grow poorly, unable to grow

di kabikabi

n. scissors

do engo go ai?

phrase What’s your name?

dodo

vi. blood, to bleed

dongidongi

Peck

duaahina ahina

n. sister

duidui

sweep

duwoiwoi

duwoiwoi

n. dragonfly

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

gaiga

n. intestines

galili

n. term referring to young things, young children

ganniu balabala

soft meat of green cocount

gee gee

Chelonia mydas
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n. green sea turtle

Example: Photo by prilfish July 20, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

gelegele luuli

n. soil

gimadou nogo lala madou ika

phrase we roast a fish

gungaadada

school of red snapper

haadodo

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

haduhadu

n. limestrone strae below soil

haga baubau

think

hagaaaadee

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

hagaabiabi

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

hagaabuabulu

vt. cause to sink, accidentally or temporarily

hagababa

vt. level (e.g. ground)

hagabagibagi

vt. drive a school of fish

hagagai

vt. to feed workers

hagageinga wai

boundary of taro plot

hagagoboina

vt. amaze

hagagonigoni

vt. rock back and forth

hagagouwa

vi. pout

hagahagaabulu

vt. to purposely sink or submerge (and leave submerged for some time)

hagahagahula

ai. swelling periodically

hagahaganoho

vt. seat (someone)

hagahogihogi

vt. form a crowd

hagalimalima

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v. be fast

hagamanini tawe

school of flying fish

hagamaumau

vt. memorize

hagulaa-hagulaa

fish:white marlin

haka bole bole hoku

Wag (a tail)

haka hegehege

v. surf

hale baguuguu

hale baguuguu

n. outhouse

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

Hepepa

Hepepa
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

hiahi

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n. evening

hiwahiwa

n. appendage; fin

hiwahiwa

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shark’s first dorsal fin

hoho

near

huluhulu ngutu

n. beard hair

hunahuna

Obliterate

huogodo dogorua

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both

hwouhwou

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bark (dog)

kalati mataata

n. mirror

korokoro

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boiled

lauka wolowolo

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

leelee

v. talk

liholiho

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n. wide-band fusilier

llamu daadaa

Musky smell of sex

lodo balabala

Meek in spirit

lolo kala

n. perfume

madabiabia

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n. six-blotch hind

madamada

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n. short jawed bonefish

malili

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dull

manamana

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

mangamanga

going any direction

matagitagi

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first

Matukerekere

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

mimi

vi. urinate

nganganga

n. tin roofing

nno dada

n. a knot that unties when pulled

nogunogu

v. crumple

paku kuru

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breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

piapia

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

rugurugu

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n. gold-lined sea bream

rumata harihari

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second coconut stage; small green coconut

tamagigi ahine

n. teenage girl

tangada mada mada humalia

n. guardian

tawatawa

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n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

todtodo

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bleed

tolole

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tongue

tuahina ahina duri

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youngest sister

wanuwanu

floating

whouwhou

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noun bark

wolowolo

shouting