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aadea moana

adjective unobstructed

aahee nei

then what (immediate future)

aasolo

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)

adaada age

first light of the moon

adugau daane

noun part of the plug of the pandanus

ahiahi danuaa

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good evening

ahinga

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noun armpit

alaange

adjective allowed to, permissible

aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

anei maa

these were about (approximately)

anga dua

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

baa i de madangi

be hit (usually forcefully) by wind

baa sege

adjective carom off

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

balagelage gee

severely crippled

bale

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verb help

balu-udu

noun fish sp.: snapper

boose

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noun boat

buadalia

verb cast with a sling

bulu

noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk

buni

adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daalonga

noun a wound on the body

dagadagasala

verb be always blamed for

dai seni

adjective sleepy

daiao age

the following morning

dama gaiaa

adjective to hangaround someone’s house in theexpectation of being served food

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangada gai dangada

cannibal

dao hadu

verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to

dau dinae

noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time

de hua nei

this size

deaamonga

noun

delaa ange

that there is another one

dili

verb shoot at; shine (e.g., a flashlight) on; letgo, throwaway, lose something; disregard; steady beating (as of a heart); a steady stroke (as of an adze)

dolo-mea

noun spinystarfish

dona

verb wart,mole (raised)

dubuna aahine

noun grandmothers

dungu ibo

verb smell (oneself)

duusaba

noun type of musical intrument which consists a stretched palm leaf that is blown in order to make sound

gauligi ange

younger than

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

gii

adjective a high-pitched sound, soft, high-pitched crying (as by children)

gili somo

noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)

goo

adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)

haanau

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verb born, be

haangoda de agau

noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)

haangoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hagatanu iho

adjective take a nap

hai uaua

verb dilated veins

hakki

noun esophagua; trachea

helii

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noun grass

hellumi

verb melee

henua monga

noun land (island) of mountains

hilohilo me

adjective impure

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

huaalavao

verb a strong wind

huamanu

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noun fruit

ialona

noun a type of string figure

imu-mea

noun fishsp.: triggerfish

laangaa

verb to plait completely

laba

noun a dancingpaddle

laba

verb flash (as of lightning)

lahalaha

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adjective wide

lanibene

adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)

lau de ava

a tuna of large size

lau tulugi

a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava

lligi

adjective fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small

longo iho

adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

lua lodo

adjective undecided

luu adaau

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pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

madaala

adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malanga age

lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

malino

adjective calm (weather), still (wind)

mamu-honga-dai

noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)

manuhi

noun hemorrhage

masaala

verb clear-headed

midia

verb dream about

mmala dana (dagu) maanga

lose his (my) appetite

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

neveia

verb be neve

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adjective both

ngadi hanonga

noun a useless journey

ngadi seesee

walk barefoot, stroll

ngae

noun head

nigo

verb go around in a circle; wind around

noho baba

live peacefully

oia

adjective a sound used to communicate the tiredness of the speaker, or that the speaker recognizes his mistake

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

sau aloalo

echo

sugulu

noun school

tama hagai

poor fellow!

tugu lima

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