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abiabi

abiabi

n. foam

akai dabadaba

earing

akai dala dala

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n. white and purple flower plant

angoli gilala

bottom fishing

au e hihai e miami

phrase I want to

au nebele hai dii hihai e miami

phrase I am supposed to be a high school student

baganga du numekai

n. pot

baguugu

vi. defecate

balabala

grown soft

beabeau

many waves

benben

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

biabia

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

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n. octopi in general

buu iliili

trumpet shell

dahuhu

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

daladala

Crinum asiaticum

n. spider lily

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daledale

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cough

dedeeduu

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

deehee

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which

dihidihi

n. moorish idol

dinana

n. mother

dudu

vt. kindle (fire)

duidui

sweep

duu lagalaga manini

school of surgeon fish

gabugabuwa

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cloudy

gadagada

laugh

gaga

vt. climb

gaga

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n. whimbrel

gahu lahilahi

thin cloth

galili

n. young children

ganiganihatol

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n. spadefish and batfish species

geegee

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type of turtle

gologolo

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n. grass

haadodo

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

habehabe

vi. to limp

hagaaaadee

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

hagaabuabulu

vt. cause to sink, accidentally or temporarily

hagabagibagi

vt. drive a school of fish

hagadubedube

vi. stumble

hagagai laa

greedy

hagagoloo

vt. accumulate goods

hagahagahula

ai. swelling periodically

hagahagahumalia

vt. make up (after fighting)

hagahaganoho

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

hagahagaoho

vt. scream periodically

hagahagaoho

vt. screaming periodically

hagahigihigi

vi. be quiet

hagalulu nia iga

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

hagamiami

vt. feast, party

hai-dahadaha

Manta ray

hale gaugau

n. bath house

haluhalu

carving/scraping noise

hatoto

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canoe part: float connectives

hekehek

adj. skinny

henua i lala

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Hepepa

Hepepa
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

hiahi humalia goe?

phrase good evening

hiwahiwa

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shark’s first dorsal fin

holole

n. tongue

hongobaba

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n. blacktip reef shark

huluhulu ngutu

n. beard hair

iwi di wogowogo

n. rib

kaukau

kaukau

swimming

kii gii lala

lie (down)

korokoro

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boiled

lagau duduia

n. thorn branch

laubaba

plywood

lele hagamhuni

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escape

libaliba

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drunk, get

llamu daadaa

Musky smell of sex

looloo

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long

madaanaa

n. club used for beating fish

madabiabia

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n. six-blotch hind

malaelae

n. open area around the house

malala

n. embers

manawa maamaa

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kind

manu kelekele

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worm

matagitagiloo

once upon a time, first time

miami luada

have breakfast

mudamuda

n. chin

ngahingahi

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

ngogo

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n. egg

ngogo

n. zero

ngogo gudu

louse, egg

ngongong

n. tin roof

nguunguu

vt. mumble

nogunogu

v. crumple

noho gii lala

sit down

nono madua

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n. maternal grandmother

nono madua

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n. paternal grandmother

tadahada

n. chest

tamagigi ahine

n. teenage girl

tata

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canoe part: float braces

tawatawa

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n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

teluakalakala

Skirt

tenetene

vi. happy, be

Ti Rongorongo

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

tuahina ahina

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sister

uga hagalala

n. long line for bottom fishing

wogowogo

n. rib cage