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abiabi

abiabi

n. foam

bai bai

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n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

banuunu

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

beabeau

many waves

belubelu

fish species

benben

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

boiboi

adj. dumb

bolobolo higi duwwongo

basket for serving portions at a feast

bulu luuluu ngudu

n. tooth brush

byebye

Goodbye

dadaulia

vi. confused, be

dagadaga dangada

to gossip about someone

daledale

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cough

damagiigi

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adj. young

debedebe

n. box

dedeeduu

adj. unable to stand (e.g. in high tide)

dedeemimi

adj. constantly having to urinate

dedeenoho

adj. unceasingly, always

deehee

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which one

deledele

trawling

do engo go ai?

phrase What’s your name?

dodo hai

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

dongodongo

n. boxing or fighting

dudu

n. zenith

duludulu

n. house post

duu hingahinga

poorly balanced

duuaganga

duuaganga

n. coconut husk

duudae bilibili

n. octopus ink

gabugabuwa

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cloudy

gadagada

laugh

gaga

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n. whimbrel

gaugau

vi. bathe

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

geegee

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type of turtle

geiga iga

fish innards

gelegele kene

white sand

gelegele pungu

disk-like sand particle

gelgele

sand

goaa dadaagala

n. playground

gologolo

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n. grass

gulugulua

adj. filthy, disgusted (with smelly objects like feces)

haahaa

to feel about in the dark, to grope

habehabe

vi. to limp

hagaabiabi

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

hagadagamila

vt. distort

hagadubedube

vi. stumble

hagagai laa

greedy

hagaganniu

vt. add more coconut meat

hagaganniu

vt. to add more coconut meat

hagagoboina

vt. amaze

hagagonigoni

vt. rock back and forth

hagahagaduu

vt. try to make (something) stand up

hagahagagila

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

hagahagahula

ai. swelling periodically

hagahagahumalia

vt. make up (after fighting)

hagahaganoho

vt. to seat (e.g., person’s at a feast)

hagahinihini

at. to tangle up

hagahogihogi

vt. form a crowd

Hagalabulabu

Hagalabulabu
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name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

hagalee hilihili

it doesn’t matter which

hai-dahadaha

Manta ray

haka limalima

v. hurry

hauihau

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n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

henua i lala

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Hepepa

Hepepa
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

hiwahiwa

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shark’s first dorsal fin

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

honihoni

n. light sprinkling rain

huruhuru

beard

ibu mimi

n. kidney

kalati mataata

n. mirror

kerekere

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sand

lagau duduia

lagau duduia
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n. tree

lauka wolowolo

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

lele hagamhuni

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escape

lili

vt. sizzle

limalima

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fast

looloo

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long

madaalili uu

n. nipple of breasts

madaanaa

n. club used for beating fish

madalimalima

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adj. early (for an appt)

mahimahi

Coryphaena hippurus

n. dolphin

Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 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

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

mudamuda

n. chin

ngaagau

n. rectum

ngogo

n. zero

ngogo di golomada

n. eyeball

nno dada

n. a knot that unties when pulled

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

taalo mangamanga

n. a three pronged fishing spear

tau magamaga

famine

teluakalakala

Skirt

tuahina ahina

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sister

tuahina ahina dauaga

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sister-in-law

tulutulu

n. post supporting a house

wolowolo

shouting