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angaanga mada nia

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fingernail

au

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pronoun your (singular; for plural, alienable noun)

baa sege

adjective carom off

baageaa iho

adjective weakening (becoming weaker)

bagia

verb be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc.)

baibu

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noun cigarette

bali

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noun youngest leaf of a coconut palm

balu

noun fish sp.

bese

noun one of the harmony parts in old chants

biliisi

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noun bridge

boo gi dua

the period when the quarter moon appears in the east just before sunrise

bula

adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)

bunehulu

adjective slow in running or walking

daahaa mada giigii

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo

dae

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noun hand net

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

daguina

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verb say (a word)

dahulinga

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custom, habit

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine

dalinga

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ear

damaa tili

adjective sharpshooter

danngaho

noun stomach

dauaahe

adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)

dauhuli (ange)

noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face

debedebe

verb the folds of skin around the waist

denaa loo

that was the one

denei ai huu

this is it still

doli

verb to obtain as many as one can; to defeatall comers

doo ma gu...

fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify

dugu dahi

verb accomplish or complete something in asingle effort; fishing with a single line

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

duulale

noun a type of game

e hanu ana dama

have children

gano agau

reef (including land thereon)

gano dea

noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gauligi daane

male child, boy

gava

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noun black bird species (eats lizards and fish)

gavadu

adjective give or carry (something) to you

gini manu

adjective pick flowers

gu odi mai ogu

i have done all i could

gubo

verb work with concentration in the midstof a group

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

gumigumi

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chin

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

hagaahe mai

adjective return to the fold

hagaahi

verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagabau

verb measure, calculate,estimate

hagadino

verb provide a portion or share

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagaduu ngavesi

adjective make boxes

hagahana age

recook for several days

hagailaage

verb setfree

hagamade

verb do as hard or fast as possible

hagamahana

verb heat

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagasabala

verb talk (someone) into (something)

hai aha

adjective what relationship

hai gaiaa

verb use without permission

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hiisoa

noun plantsp.: cassythavine(cassytha filiformis l.)

ieiangi

adjective recovered from illness

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

kangi de hagasaele

a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)

laa manusomo

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noun branch

langa de gubenga

to pull up a gubenga to store it away

lava

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rich

lehua

verb blurred; covered with ashes

lilo

adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)

lua-baaua

time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

maanegabo

adjective energetic

mada gaanunu

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noun nipple

madamataia

verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia

magalili

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adjective cold

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

magi i de makama

menstruation

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malua

noun female genital area

mangoo

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noun shark

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

me bouli

noun the deepest part of the lagoon

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

mmasa

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adjective dry

muna hhadu

noun lie (falsehood)

neveia

verb be neve

ngadolia

verb to have ngado

ngalubelube

verb tremble or vibrate in the air

pilo

adjective stink

sai

noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)

savini dua

adjective run backwards, move backwards fast

se aha au naa

you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree

somo haahine

a fleshy (non-muscular) man

songagi

a bad sort of person

soolo

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noun salt

ssongo

stink

sugimada

the outer corner of the eye

taane haangoda

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noun fisherman

ubu

kneecap; the shell of a coconut