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aha goi

what next

alamooi

noun june

anaa naa

these (there) only

anga iho

noun self-awareness

baalasi de ada

to take a picture

basa madua

adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)

benu

noun a pandanus plug after it has been chewed; seed of the pandanus

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

bosu

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adjective full (after eating)

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

bulu

noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk

buni ange

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

daanunga

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noun grave

daelodo dau

noun a large enough number to "count"

daemahadia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dahu

verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire

dala hhua

verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)

damaa dae

adjective skillful at catching flying fish

damaa dogi

adjective skillful in the use of an adze

dami

verb close1 one’s jaws; closing of the two halves of a clam shell

danga loa

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noun worm

dangau-laha

noun fishsp.: snapper

daogave

noun a type of coconuttree

dau

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pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

dau de madangi

be hit by (usually a strong) wind

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

deainga

noun nothingness

dee dau ia

it’s ok

dehui

noun tens of coconuts

dodo

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noun blood

dogaa ange

feel shy in the presence of

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

gamu

verb coral (any kind)

gano moana

noun open sea, far away from any land

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

gide malie

adjective get in the habit of

giliini

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adjective green

golomagi lodo

adjective self-controlled

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

gulabe

noun rectum

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadau doolohi

adjective chase each other

hagadege

verb cause to wiggle the hips once

hagadungu

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verb sniff, smell

hagahula

the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagailonga ange agina

assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagaola

verb save from

hagasengaa

verb make a total of ten million

hau bule

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noun shell necklace

hevaalogi

adjective the screaming of many people at the same time

ieiangi

adjective recovered from illness

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

kanamalie

adjective tasty (especially of taro)

kano

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noun meat

laa tua

besides

lahalaha

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adjective wide

lahu me

adjective inclined to be suspicious

latabagea

noun an ornament made of turtle shell

lau tulugi

a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava

legia

noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)

lima sisi

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noun little finger

lloa

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noun group of long pieces of timber

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

maadau dae ssae

noun a type of fishhook

maahe

adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)

madahaa

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number forty

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

malau

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

mami

verb taste (of something)

maseu

adjective to scatter (when in a group)

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

me hhadu hugadoo

it’s a lie

me maimai

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modu mai (adu, ange)

become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession

moni gabegabe

noun paddling canoe

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

nau

noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)

ngadau

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noun year

oda

eat something raw

odi de masavaa

having insufficient time remaining for (something)

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

onge

famine

pasalia

verb be talked about (many persons or things)

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

se aha goe

you’re a nobody

semuna

numeral hundreds of millions

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

sileia doo soa

look, your neighbor is competing against you

sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

somo

adjective grow, develop; coconutapple

tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law

useahi

smoke, steam

valaai tao

dye