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adamai gauligi

verb remember childhood experiences

alaange

adjective allowed to, permissible

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

baalanga

noun metal (any kind)

baalasi de ada

to take a picture

bale-masevaseva

noun

basabasalia

verb be talked about frequently

bulubulu malo

noun rag

buu useahi

verb blurred

daga

verb go from one place to another in a group

daga holiage

verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around

dagu

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noun axe

dama iai

noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy

dangaloa

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earthworm

dau bodu

adjective married man or woman

dee be aha

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okay; so-so

dee tala mai!

don’t tell me

deehehee

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

diba

noun portion, share, part, fraction

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

doli age

adjective obtain the smallest first

doo de gai me

miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

edee maua

impossible

gaiaa dau bodu

commit adultery

ganaudogo

noun an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat

gatae

noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)

gau bini baalanga

an iron rod

gide malie

adjective get in the habit of

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

gubu dao

noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood

gubu lima

hand, wrist

gumedi hadu

noun a bowl (pottery)

haanau

verb born, be

hagaalahenua

verb provide land for

hagabadabaataianga

noun

hagabunidia

verb add up

hagaduu eidu

superstitious; to believe in ghosts.

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagapili

adjective boring

hai de hilihili

hold an election

hai maa

relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse

hellumi de henua

mass confusion or panic

huaa me

a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing

huadia

noun fishing pole

huahuaa me

noun

huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

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pronoun he, she, it

kailuu

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noun frog, toad

kano

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noun penis

kano avaavaa

verb porous

kona odi

too much

langadia

verb able to remain afloat with a load

llingi

verb pour out,spill out (sand)

llua laangi

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noun Tuesday

lodo

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verb (transitive; takes noun or sentence) need; want; like

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lugu me

adjective having a tendency to take by force

ma de hia e doe

a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

maanu iho

adjective to begin to fish while maanu

mada baabaa

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mada duai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madaa gamu

noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai

madolidoli

verb of unusual age or size

maingaa

miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

mana

supernatural power

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

mmanu

verb do (something)

mmoa gango

adjective burned food which has been overcooked

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

momuna

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adjective savoury (meat)

mua mai (adu, ange)

adjective next to me (you, him)

muna daemaha

noun words which hurt

ngadi uaa

adjective assent to insincerely

ngudu malie

adjective eloquent (of a person)

niho

teeth

nohoanga hodooligi

the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

odiodi

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

oo

adjective fit to (or into)

puugunga

noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sausaudia

verb continually blown upon (by the wind)

seni ahiahi

adjective go to bed early (in the evening)

seni gi de ao

sleep late (into daytime)

sigale

verb scull (a boat)

sii tae

adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)

siiviivii

verb a way of singing a child to sleep

sinaina

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verb having white hair

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

tainadaane

noun brother

tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law

tangada mange

now you’ve done it!

tilo ange

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verb raise