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aalo dahi

verb do at one time

alaa donu

those there only

alaa naa loo

those there seem to be

aloha iho

noun self-love

amu ligi

fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered

bidoa

verb lift or hold one end of something

bigi lima

adjective hold hands

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

buge

noun a bump on a tree trunk

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

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noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dabula

noun lizardsp.

daemahaanga

noun heaviness,sadness,unhappiness

dagabuli

verb gather together in a group

dagalia

verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare

dagodo

adjective situation, circumstance; liedown ; be in place

dala

verb tell, say to, relate

dama pala

noun a foetus which has been aborted, ugly

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

damadanga

noun origin, source

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dauhuli (ange)

noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

denei naa ()

this will be it. (will this be it)

dilo

noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

duaanui

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noun broom

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

duu gee

adjective out of alignment

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu saba

unstable, poorly balanced

duudangaa solo

noun a package of solo (food) wrapped in coconut leaves and heated; flashlightbattery

duunga gima

noun half of a clam shell

gada-laagau-ngaadai

noun fishsp.

gadiou

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noun plant species with red flowers, used to make flower crowns

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gahoo

verb wear

gau hadu

the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

geesaama

noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)

gili malanga

verb a type of skin disease

goe iloo

it’s up to you

guao

noun the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore

gumedi

noun bowl (wooden)

guuduma

noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)

hadi haho

adjective steep (inclination)

hagabini

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noun cockroach

hagaboongia

verb remain somewhere until dark

hagadai

verb furnish salt to

hagaduasala

verb suffer,punish

hagadubu hue vini

the name of a certain type of string figure

hagailonga

noun fishsp. : damselfish

hagao gi daha

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verb sell

hagassoe

verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)

hagausi

darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hale baalanga

noun frame house

hhaa

verb blossom forth

hhadu

adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)

hhogi

a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle

kano mouli

noun fresh meat (including fish)

kaso

adjective narrow

kava

adjective to feel uncomfortably warm

laangai ngadi moana

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

langadia

verb able to remain afloat with a load

lao

noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab

llonga

verb muscle fatigue

lluu

adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

loigulu

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

ma ai

and who

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maatogo

verb discourage someone (verbally)

mada agamu

noun the essential design features of tuai

magano

adjective overripe (of pandanus only)

manava i lunga

manavasaa

adjective scared; afraid

manu

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noun March

mao lunga

high, high-ranking

masausaua

verb be masausau

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

maua laa

nevermind

me ange laa

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adjective other

me gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature

me pasa

noun radio

mmene ono me

to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

momme

a place

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

ovea

verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)

pelaini

verb to fry

pogo

verb crumpled up

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

saibo

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

sau makaga de madangi

the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction

taina daane

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noun brother

tili

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verb send

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noun back (body part)

unusaagi

deception

vai geli

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