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aamua

adjective high-ranking

ahiahi

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noun evening

anga dua

adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle

baalanga dua hale

metal roofing

basa

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verb speak

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

bona

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

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

buada

verb sling

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

buulei

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noun ring

daa taahili

adjective sing a melody

dagalonga

noun path, route

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine

dama lalo

noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daulooloa

adjective long time

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

dee gide

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blind

diba

adjective not level, tipped to one side

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

doo i hainga a me

wait for a long time (beyond the timeexpected)

duasala

adjective hardship,difficulty

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

gabidia

verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)

gadaha

noun birdsp.: greatfrigatebird(fregata minor)

gadebega

noun a type of basket

geelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga

noun valley

gulunieli

noun plantsp.

guumanga

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noun arithmetic

hagabuulunga iho

adjective to hagabuulunga oneself

hagadau hai me ai

use jointly or collectively

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagaditidi mai de moni

a canoe going so fast it rides high inwater (and is planing)

hagadubu o manu

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahana iho

verb record for a little while

hagaingoo

verb give a name to, named, called

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)

hagamabulia

verb cause to hagamabu

hagapiigia

verb make stuck to

hagasaulaba

verb treat as saulaba

hagatala gee

wanting always to hagatala

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hale haahine

noun a house of prostitution

hale i lodo

noun ribcage, thoraciccavity

hegide mada

adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)

hidi de mamu dunu

curling up of fish (when cooked)

hidu-limu

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

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hili de hau

make a hau

iloo me

charlatanism

ina-gi-hale

a row of thatch

ioonga

noun way of giving

kave

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verb take, receive

laangai ngadi moana

a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools

lao

the posterior portion of the coconut crab

lau kena

adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color

lava hadu

noun leader (between fishing line and hook)

loage

adjective go (up or toward the village, or land)

loeaa

a type of game

loomai

adjective come or go (toward the speaker)

luu dolodolo

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

luu odaadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

maagoda

adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)

maalisa

noun an overhanging reef shelf

mahuge

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verb open (intransitive)

matili

adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

me bouli

noun the deepest part of the lagoon

mmala dana (dagu) maanga

lose his (my) appetite

mmoli gee

haul away from

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

momuna

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adjective savoury (meat)

mua mai (adu, ange)

adjective next to me (you, him)

ngadau age

older

ngudu

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mouth

odi

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adjective gone, finished, used up; already, very (mv.)

ooi

adjective a sound used in communicating at a distance (= "yes")

paa de mahedua

sneeze loudly

sagulaa-dagua

noun fishsp.

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

salua

verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed

saugalo saele

adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for

se mouli dangada

rascal

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

soodo

noun lead1 (metal), bullet;

ssabe age

eat

ssea

noun chair

sugulu

noun school

taina daane odogu bodu

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noun brother-in-law

tainaahine o dogu bodu

noun sister-in-law

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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uludino

shed skin (as reptiles do)

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)

vivi

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noun female genital area

vvela

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adjective hot, warm