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ago i tua

learn by heart

aloha ina

helpful toward

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

badioda

verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making

bagkau

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noun wing

bagu

noun scab, crust

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bigi

adjective be caught between two or more other things

biigonga

noun a curve, way of being bent

binge

adjective pink

bodubodu

verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.

bolengia

verb do something without reflection

bona

noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling

buni ange

agree with; join, close up (something, e.g., a hole); close up to

buubuu

verb divination

daahanga ange

give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething

daakodolia

verb be slept upon for a long time ,be in place for a long time

dabuvae

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noun toes

dahidonga

noun grandfather

daiao

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tomorrow

dangada duaagau

adjective an avid fisherman

dangada hagao me

storekeeper

dangada madua

adjective old person,adult

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

dango

noun cat’s-eye (of a shell); operculum of a gastropod

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

dee ahe mai

adjective incurably ill

deeai donu

positively no

deengaa gamalie

adjective let’s do it attentively

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

dogoisi mai

adjective decreasing (in number)

dolu laangi

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noun Wednesday

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

duugau

noun legs at the base of a canoe mast

elaa

a sound indicating surprise

gaba aasanga

noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

galemu

unclassified

gamedi vai salo

noun a type of bowl

gamu

verb cut (something)

gasia

verb worthwhile,important,valuable

gidaau

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pronoun we (dual, inclusive)

gili langi

verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)

gumigumi

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beard

haa daha

verb the outer coconut palm frond

haa llau

number four hundred

haahadi

verb

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaamuli

verb treat as junior

hagaaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

hagahaunu

verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages

hagammahi

verb persevere, try hard to

hagasebaga

verb make a total of ten billion

hagavvale

verb spiritpossession

hai huaabodu

treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether

hakiuu

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noun baseball

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

hie unu

thirsty

huna

verb hide ; breechclout

iai sago

adjective having special ability (strength, power, etc.) which others do not have, a strong or powerful (person)

inaho

noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)

inai

noun a type of mat

ingo

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noun name

io alo

noun lower io, q.v.

kano

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noun meat

kii adu

get out

laangai laamaleu

noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping but not biting

lagolagoaa

verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism

langi moni

noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come

llea

adjective say loudly

lo taane

adjective daring, brave, manly

lodo daemaha

adjective feel unhappy or sad

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

lua lodo

adjective undecided

ma te duge

noun the point of a madaa duge

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

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noun quarter

magua

adjective thieving

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

malua

noun female genital area

mami age

taste (something) a little bit

mamu

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noun fish

manogo

noun fishsp.: goby

manu solo laagau

a file (for filing metal)

manu-daa-uga

noun <= goehau>

manu-manga-lua

noun insectsp.: scorpion

masugi

adjective having a hole, pierced

mogo

noun coconutapple (young and edible)

moso

noun black bird species (eats fruit)

ngaoheohe

verb easily bent (impermanently)

oho iho

adjective come ashore early in the morning

ono

barracuda

ono

noun fishsp.: barracuda

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

soe daa dahi

straight as can be

ssuonioni

sand

tilo buna

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noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)

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useahi

smoke, steam