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akai gu moholoholo

flower blossoms

angoli gilala

bottom fishing

arara

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n. bluefin trevally

au e hihai e miami

phrase I want to

baba

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n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

baba hale

baba hale

n. floor (house)

baba langi

baba langi

n. blue sky

baba madua

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maternal grandfather

baba madua

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paternal grandfather

badubadu

to pluck, earthworms, to shake water off

beabeau

many waves

bibi

n. scallop

bibinaga

n. mollusk sp.

bulubulu

vt. embrace

buu iliili

trumpet shell

byebye

Goodbye

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

daudau

vt. wrestle

dedeedae

adj. always late

dedeedaha

adj. never flies (e.g. a kite)

dedeedonu

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

dedeeduu

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

dedeeloaa

adj. unable to, not up to the task

dedeenoho

adj. unceasingly, always

dedeeoo

adj. stuffed full

deehee

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which

dehadehaawa

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

dinana donu

natural mother

dungadungaa

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roughness

duu hingahinga

poorly balanced

duuaa i lodi di moomee

to appear unhealthy from overwork

duuaganga

duuaganga

n. coconut husk

duwoiwoi

duwoiwoi

n. dragonfly

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

gaagenge

n. ladder

gabugabuwa

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cloudy

galili

n. term referring to young things, young children

gaugau

v. wash self

gimadou nogo miami hiahi digo a dahi

phrase we eat together for dinner

goaa baba

level ground

goaa daahaa

n. broad, open place

gurugurua

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noun mud

haahaa

to feel about in the dark, to grope

habehabe

vi. to limp

hadu sukusuku

n. rocks for pounding

haga nghoronghoro

snore

hagaabiabi

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

hagaadaada

first light of the moon or sun

hagaangiangi

to cool off by a breeze

hagabaubau

vt. think

hagadaudau

vt. always reluctant

hagaehaaeha

vi. be similar

hagaganniu

vt. add more coconut meat

hagaganniu

vt. to add more coconut meat

hagagiwigiwi

vt. to squint

hagagoboina

vt. amaze

hagahaga

mf to try to, periodically (variant of haga prefix, augmenting the meaning of the derivative form in the sense of repetitive action over a long period of time)

hagahaganoho

vt. seat (someone)

hagahagawini

ai. withered

hagahogihogi

vt. form a crowd

hagainaina

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Hagalabulabu

Hagalabulabu
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name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

hagalengelenge

vt. allow to ripen

hagalimalima

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v. be fast

hagalooloo

vt. lengthen

hagamiami

vt. feast, party

hauihau

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n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

hiwahiwa

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shark’s first dorsal fin

houhou

Bark

kaikai

vt. spreading the news, gossip

lagau duduia

n. thorn branch

lele hagamhuni

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escape

libogo deledele

libogo deledele

n. a lure for trawling

lodo balabala

Meek in spirit

lolo wea ho

tallest

looloo

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long

madamada

v. To meander or to look around

malaelae

n. open area around the house

matua tuadolu

phrase a triple hook

Matukerekere

Matukerekere
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)

ngogo

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n. egg

ngogo

n. zero

ngogo di golomada

n. eyeball

ngongong

n. tin roof

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

ruwaruwa

vomit

taalo mangamanga

n. a three pronged fishing spear

tabatab

n. slipper lobster species

tadahada

n. chest

tata

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canoe part: float braces

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

Touhou

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

touhou

n. place name: heavily populated central islet

tuahina ahina

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sister

tuahina ahina dauaga

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sister-in-law

tuahina ahina madua

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elder sister

unga-hihi

n. mollusk sp.

wanuwanu

floating