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arara

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n. bluefin trevally

bagugu

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defecate (shit)

balebale

v. dribble

bilibili

vi. octopus

bilibili dodoogono

rough play, rough-and-tumble

bolobolo

bolobolo
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basket

bugubugu

bulging or hilly

bulolo

mollusk (nerita polida)

bulu luuluu ngudu

n. tooth brush

buu iliili

trumpet shell

daalo mangamanga

daalo mangamanga

v.phrase to go spearfishing

dada

vt. pull; drag

dadaulia

vi. confused, be

dagadaga dangada

to gossip about someone

daudau

vt. wrestle

debedebe

n. box

dedeebaba

vi. to worry about

dedeeoo

adj. stuffed full

dedeetau

adj. too small, misfitted

deehee

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which one

dinana

n. mother

dodo

vi. blood, to bleed

dudu

vt. kindle (fire)

dudu

n. zenith

duuaganga

duuaganga

n. coconut husk

duudua

n. sand spit

gabugabuwa

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cloudy

gaga

vt. climb

galili

n. young children

ganniu hagaangiangi

copra dried in the wind

gaugau ngahulu

wash hair

gaugau tangada

wash someone

gawe bilibili

tentacles of an octopus

geegee

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type of turtle

gelegele kene

white sand

gelgele

sand

gimadou nogo lala madou ika

phrase we roast a fish

gologolo

Fimbristylis cymosa

n. plant

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

goneiga lala

n. smoked fish

gubenge huduhudu

n. throwing net

habuihabula

adj. multi-colored

hadahada

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chest

hagaaaadee

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

hagaangiangi

to cool off by a breeze

hagababa

vt. level (e.g. ground)

hagabagibagi

vt. drive a school of fish

hagadoedoe

vt. use sparingly

hagadubedube

vi. stumble

hagagalawa di ua

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

hagageinga wai

boundary of taro plot

hagagidee

vt. to show

hagahagagila

vt. try to formulate

hagahagahula

ai. swelling periodically

hagahagapulu

vt. always keeping someone company

hagahemeheme

vt. tidy, to keep clean

hagahidinana

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

hagahigihigi

vi. be quiet

hagalolo

at. to put coconut cream into (e.g., food)

hagamangamanga

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

hagamiami

vt. feast, party

hagulaa-hagulaa

fish:white marlin

hatoto

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canoe part: float connectives

hauihau

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n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

hekehek

adj. skinny

hoho lo

very near

houhou

Bark

huruhuru

beard

kaikai

vt. spreading the news, gossip

lala

vi. heat up

lauka wolowolo

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

leelee

v. speak

lele

vi. run

lodo balabala

Meek in spirit

lolo wea ho

tallest

loulou

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

madaalili uu

n. nipple of breasts

madalimalima

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adj. early (for an appt)

magamaga

n. mimic octopus and similar species

manamanawa

vt. throb

manini

n. convict tang

manu kelekele

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worm

matagitagiloo

once upon a time, first time

Matuketuke

Matuketuke
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

ngahingahi

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

nganganga

n. tin roofing

ngogo di golomada

n. eyeball

ngudulooloo

n. longnosed emperor

tai gu lahilahi

low tide

tangada mada mada humalia

n. guardian

tangau bulabula

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n. black-banded snapper

tau magamaga

famine

taua taua

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n. double lined mackerel

Ti Rongorongo

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

todtodo

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bleed

Togo Manini

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name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

tokitata

v. to hit

tuahina ahina duri

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youngest sister

wanuwanu

floating

whouwhou

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noun bark

wolowolo

shouting