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akai dabadaba

earing

angoli gilala

bottom fishing

au e hihai e miami

phrase I want to

baba

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n. father

baba

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n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

baba langi

baba langi

n. blue sky

bagugu

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defecate (shit)

bai bai

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n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

belubelu

fish species

benebene

raise

benebene

save

bolebole

Shiver

bugubugu

bulging or hilly

daalo mangamanga

daalo mangamanga

v.phrase to go spearfishing

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

daligi gii made

kill

dalodalo

vt. pray

dama madua

n. eldest child

danedaneauli

Echeneis naucrates

n. shark sucker

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 12, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

dangada hai buubuu

n. sorcerer

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didi

vt. wind around

dodo hai

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

dongidongi

Peck

dongodongo

n. boxing or fighting

duuaa i lodi di moomee

to appear unhealthy from overwork

duuaganga

duuaganga

n. coconut husk

duudae bilibili

n. octopus ink

gaga

vt. climb

gahu lahilahi

thin cloth

ganniu balabala

soft meat of green cocount

ganniu hagaangiangi

copra dried in the wind

gaugau

v. wash self

gaugau ngahulu

wash hair

gelegele

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noun sand

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 6, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

gelgele

sand

goaa daahaa

n. broad, open place

golooloo luumada

bunch of drinking coconuts

golugolu

n. mud

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v. be somewhat fast

gugu

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n. midnight snapper; black and white snapper

gulugulua

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

haadodo

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

haduhadu

n. limestrone strae below soil

haga raraura

set on fire

hagabagibagi

vt. drive a school of fish

hagabapaba

vt. make up your minds

hagadaudau

vt. always reluctant

hagadoedoe

vt. use sparingly

hagadubedube

vi. stumble

hagaganniu

vt. add more coconut meat

hagahagaboo

vt. keep conversing

hagahagaoho

vt. screaming periodically

hagahagapulu

vt. always keeping someone company

hagalee hilihili

it doesn’t matter which

hagalengelenge

vt. allow to ripen

hagaligiligi

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

hagalili

vt. to sear (e.g., meat)

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v. be very fast

hagamiami hagaheetugi

welcoming feast

haka limalima

v. hurry

hilihili

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choose

hiwahiwa

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shark’s first dorsal fin

hoho

near

hoho lo

very near

holole

n. tongue

honihoni

n. light sprinkling rain

huluhulu wahang

n. armpit hair

hunahuna

Obliterate

kaukau

kaukau

swimming

kerekere

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sand

labelabe

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n. sea green wrasse; dragon wrasse

lagau duduia

lagau duduia
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n. tree

lauka wolowolo

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

lele

vi. run

lili

vt. sizzle

lodo balabala

Meek in spirit

lowada daua

lowada daua
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n. red warrior ant

Mada Madangi

Mada Madangi
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name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

madamada

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n. short jawed bonefish

magalili

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cold

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

manamana

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

Matuketuke

Matuketuke
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

miami

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eat

ngogo gudu

louse, egg

nogunogu

v. crumple

Pungupungu

Pungupungu
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

tabatab

n. slipper lobster species

tai gu lahilahi

low tide

tangada daumaha

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priest

tata

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canoe part: float braces

taua taua

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n. double lined mackerel

tentene

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happy

tokitata

v. to hit

Touhou

Touhou
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (one of only two that is inhabited)

tuahina ahina dauaga

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sister-in-law

tuahina ahina duri

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youngest sister

tukituki

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wooden pounder for pounding breadfruit

wanuwanu

floating