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adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

agau

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noun reef (the portion which is sometimes under water)

aha nei

let’s (now)

alaa ange huu

that there much more only

anei ai

these (here) only

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

baageaa ange

attracted to

balia

adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)

basa pada

adjective speak harshly

bedage ina

shallow on the inside

biigi haahine

noun sow

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

bulubuludi

verb keep hugging

daa hagapodo

verb

daa iho

adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)

daadaa

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verb (transitive) carve (something)

daahaa modomodo

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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dahuli de vae

dislocated ankle

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

dau gadea

noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)

de mee laa

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that one (over there)

denei ange naa

about this , much more...

dibo

noun infant

dilobuna

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growing coconut sapling

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dogi

noun adze

dogi hoda

noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like

dooa

verb planted

duaanui

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noun broom

dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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dugu

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verb put

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

duu duli

adjective kneel

gaadinga osi

noun a coconut selected as a seedling

gauea

noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

gegeli

adjective struggle

gelu haiusu

unicorn fish

gili ulunga

noun pillowcase

go

hano

guba

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)

hagaali

verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious

hagadania

verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit

hagadau iloo

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verb know each other

hagadiingia saele

adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays

hagadoa

verb act like a giant

hagaduasala

verb suffer,punish

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagadumanu

verb cause to look like

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagahulu

verb make a total of ten

hagailangi

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagalaangaa

verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hai de hilihili

hold an election

hai me dogaa

behave with embarrassment or shyness

hai modo

verb eat (or pick) when still unripe

hakki

noun esophagua; trachea

hanohano dua

adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)

haonga i ode

noun urethra

hhoda

gasp for breath

hili gee

sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)

hoohoa

verb

huadia

noun fishing pole

hune

noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

ivi laanui

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backbone

laavasi

noun meat (or fish, or seafood) which issuitable as food

lanibene

adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lengisi

noun insectsp.: moth spp.

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lua-malama

time noun february (’second month’)

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maagaga

adjective industrious

maahuge

verb open (intransitive, pl.)

Example: Denga abaaba gu maahuge. (The doors are open.)

maailaba

noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)

mada

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mada luu mada

noun in the presence of someone

malo lau manu

cloth with a flowered pattern

matili mai

remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers

mmade aalanga

adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)

moana dabeo

verb rough seas

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

ngaue

adjective move (oneself), moved

odea

adjective noon, midday

odi sango

adjective completely cleaned up or finished; all gone; each and every oneall gone

onoonogia

noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

puugunga

noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances

saiolo

noun a sail

sigale

scull (a boat)

sila

verb look for

ssali

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verb drip (liquid)

ssave

flying fish

tua

outside

uadanga

an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship

vaasuu

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verb like someone or something, feel affection for

valagei

whip black coral

vvede

to massage