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akai dala dala

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n. white and purple flower plant

angiangi

adj. windy

baba

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n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

baba hale

baba hale

n. floor (house)

baganga du numekai

n. pot

bagugu

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defecate (shit)

benben

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

benebene

raise

bibinaga

n. mollusk sp.

bongong

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n. rabbitfish species

bulu luuluu ngudu

tooth brush

buu iliili

trumpet shell

dadaulia

vi. confused, be

dagadaga dangada

to gossip about someone

dahuhu

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

dalodalo

vt. pray

debedebe

n. box

dedeemodu

adj. continuous

dedeenoho

adj. unceasingly, always

deehee

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which one

dihidihi

n. moorish idol

diidii

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bosom/breast

dudu

n. zenith

duludulu

n. house post

duu lagalaga manini

school of surgeon fish

duudae bilibili

n. octopus ink

gaga

vt. climb

gaga

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n. whimbrel

ganiganihatol

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n. spadefish and batfish species

gaugau

v. wash self

gawe bilibili

tentacles of an octopus

gelegele pungu

disk-like sand particle

gelgele

sand

gili bugubugu

n. hives

gololangi

gololangi
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n. cloud

gurugurua

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noun mud

hadahada

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chest

hagaabiabi

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

hagaabuabulu

vt. cause to sink, accidentally or temporarily

hagaadaada

first light of the moon or sun

hagababa

vt. level (e.g. ground)

hagadaudau

vt. always reluctant

hagaganniu

vt. add more coconut meat

hagaganniu

vt. to add more coconut meat

hagageinga wai

boundary of taro plot

hagagiwigiwi

vt. to squint

hagagono

vt. get drunk

hagahagagila

vt. try to formulate

hagahagapulu

vt. always keeping someone company

hagahidinana

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

hagahigihigi

vi. be quiet

hagainaina

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Hagalabulabu

Hagalabulabu
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name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

hagalee hilihili

it doesn’t matter which

hagamama

help

hagamaumau

vt. memorize

hai-dahadaha

Manta ray

hale baguuguu

hale baguuguu

n. outhouse

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

hauihau

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n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

hekehek

adj. skinny

Hepepa

Hepepa
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

hilahila

vi. look around

hiwahiwa

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shark’s first dorsal fin

hoho

near

houhou

Bark

huluhulu

n. hair not on the head

huluhulu wahang

n. armpit hair

ibu mimi

n. kidney

kalati mataata

n. mirror

labelabe

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n. sea green wrasse; dragon wrasse

lagau duduia

lagau duduia
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n. tree

laubaba

plywood

madaalili uu

n. nipple of breasts

madabiabia

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n. six-blotch hind

madalimalima

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adj. early (for an appt)

makamak

Asteroidea sp.
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n. starfish

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malaelae

n. open area around the house

matagitagi

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first

matua tuadolu

phrase a triple hook

Matuketuke

Matuketuke
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

me hagaangiangi

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fan

ngungu

To chew or masticate

nguunguu

vt. mumble

noho gii lala

sit down

nono madua

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n. maternal grandmother

oloolo madangi

n. gust of wind

puu puu

bang bang

sukusuku

v. to pound

taalo mangamanga

n. a three pronged fishing spear

tamagigi ahine

n. teenage girl

tamagigi dane

n. teenage boy

tangitangi hekai

n. hungry whine

tau magamaga

famine

taua taua

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n. double lined mackerel

tebetebe

Box

todtodo

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bleed

tolole

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tongue

tuahina ahina duri

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youngest sister

tukituki

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wooden pounder for pounding breadfruit

uga hagalala

n. long line for bottom fishing