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aboo nei

tonight (future)

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

au ga sano

I give up

babu

adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)

balapigi

verb drenched

basalia

verb seep (of water)

bini gaahanga

verb three-ply braiding (of rope)

boi a eidu

temporarily abnormal

bua moe

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noun virgin

daane hai moni

sailor,seaman

dae

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noun hand net

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

dagamanga

noun path, route

dangi buada

adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile

danuaa ai loo

well, ok (this time, but next timewatch it)

dau me

verb the sheath of the flower of the coconut tree

dehui

noun tens of coconuts

dengaa

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determiner very many (plural of denga); an uncountable number

dinoanga hulu

adjective a council (of ten) formerlyhaving broad legislative and judicialpowers on the atoll

doo de --

transfer of a string figure from hand to hand

doo i de...

expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)

duu donu

adjective vertical

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

gaasia

noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)

gabanibaonga

noun room (of a house)

gabidia

verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

gano dae

noun the net of a hand net (not including the net’s handle)

gano niho

gums of mouth

gava dea

reef heron - white phase

gea

hawksbill turtle

giidagi

verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

haame / huame

noun coconut, green

haangai

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verb feed

hagaagahi sseeloo

adjective to call out "sail ho"

hagadabena ange

prepare for

hagadabu

verb restrict

hagadolu (ina)

verb make a total of three

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagadotodi

verb walk with a limp (temporarily)

hagaduu me

miserly

hagailangi

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagamouli

verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)

hagasae gili

verb pierce the skin superficially

haidama

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verb, adjective pregnant

hang gainga

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verb, noun urinate, urine

hanga

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noun coconut husker

hanga-mea

noun

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hhela

verb spread one’s legs wide apart at one time

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

hua manu gai

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noun fruit

hugadoo

unclassified all (of things)

hune

core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

ilaage mai

free from

ili luu bongaa usu

to dilate one’s nostrils

laagii

noun decoration,ornamentation

laangi dabeo

verb a day which is rainy and stormy

lalo ade

solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

leengia

verb jump on; be flown into

lehu

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noun lime

llago

adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)

lleu luu malau ngudu

swollen lips (from eating spicy foods or foods to which one is allergic)

llingi

verb pour out,spill out (sand)

llou

verb hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lodo haa

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noun branches of the coconut palm (used to make galeve, an alcoholic beverage)

lollolo

oily

loomosi

verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned

luu oluu

pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)

madangi danuaa

noun fresh air

magi dabeo

verb menstruation

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

maili

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adjective fast; early

makaga lodo

adjective stubborn

malaangahu

noun feast held for a newly launched canoe

mangila

noun plantsp. (a type of ngaungau)

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

modu gee

cut away from; separated from

moe

adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)

moe danuaa

die in piece

moebili

adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime

ngaangailu

noun hair (on the head)

ngudu-me

noun boundary of a taro plot

niho gaina

teeth with cavities

obea

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verb to have an eye (of a taro corm)

pale age (iho)

steer toward (away from) land

panga

adjective

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

seguli

numeral hundreds of thousands

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

ssala

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verb find

suunibongi

a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night

taau

pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)

tai unu

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thirsty