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adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

ahinga

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noun armpit

alaa nei

those now

anaa ai laa

those then were those

anei ai laa

these then were those

anga-mea

noun fish sp. (= large dada)

anumia

verb bobbing in the water

ao ina

inadvertently remain up until daybreak (=aoa)

aoa

verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak

baasua

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noun clam

biho ngaalulu

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headache

boonei

noun fish sp.: damselfish

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

dao

noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)

daogubu

noun waist, circumference

dau bodu

adjective married man or woman

dau honu

noun the season during which tides are highest

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dee anga

forgetful, absent-minded

dee modu

adjective continually

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

denga mee naa

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those ones (plural)

dogaa ange

feel shy in the presence of

doo gaiaa

ambush; attack by surprise or stealth

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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duilaa gee

to be exceedingly unsuccessful with members of the opposite sex

dungudungua

verb repeatedly smell (something)

gaa de malala

gaba de aasanga

a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gabaea mai

found hanged (suicide)

gadigadi

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noun itch

ganae oo

threadfin fish

gidaau

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pronoun we (dual, inclusive)

goloa labagau

noun carpenter’s tools

goolo

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noun gold

gudua

verb abounding in lice

hadu de moana

noun a type of string figure

hadu-maadau

noun coralsp.

hagaadugau

verb arrange things in a row or line

hagabigo de ngago

fool (someone), deceive

hagadubu hue vini

the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadubu hue vini

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagagaagaa

verb behave like a baby

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagalaangaa

verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagaloongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagamaalama

verb brighten,illuminate

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamadia

adjective show-off

hagapogo

verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.

hagasaalunga de lungi

a member of the Christian Endeavor Society

hagasebaga

verb make a total of ten billion

hagausi

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

hai gi de mahi

do or take by force,rape

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hanohano dua

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

hasi

verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk

hau manu

noun a garland of flowers, headdress, necklace

hegai

adjective eat ravenously

hhano gi daha

to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well

hhou

verb insist upon

kumi tangi

adjective to control one’s crying

labua

verb knead thoroughly

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

llibo ange luu vae

run

lluhe

noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

lodo gi lunga

ambitious for a superior position

lodo henua

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noun forest

lodo lanea

adjective large in volume

longaa

adjective annoyed by noise

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

lua lau

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number two hundred

ma te hakii

the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maadoogini

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harmonica

madohi lua

adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway

mahagi

adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

manenga

noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)

manu-de-laama

noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light

masalaba

adjective clear (not opaque or blurred); shiny (translucent)

massagaila

verb incompletely cooked

masugi

adjective having a hole, pierced

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

ngaiho

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noun north

ngalogu

adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)

odiodi

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adjective long since finished, done or gone; long since, a long time ago

oho age

the following morning

saga

adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

senga maido

adjective stupidly unafraid of danger (likemaido)

siia gi moana ngaadai

drift downwind, away from land

sogoisi

adjective

sulu

dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

ulumonu

porpoise