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aahee

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when

ala

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verb awaken, wake up

baa i de madangi

be hit (usually forcefully) by wind

baagia

verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap

baaini

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lie (down)

balia

adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)

bonaa ua

noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck

buu

adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of

daadaa

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verb (transitive) carve (something)

daahili lo te gohu

a popular (secular) song

dabu

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adjective holy; sacred

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

dagalia

verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare

dagodo be --

it seems that...

dahidonga

noun grandfather

dahuli sabonealo

adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit

dala

noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)

dama adu hale

noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others

dangada gohu

noun ignorant person

dangalebu de moana

rough or choppy seas

dangau-dongi

noun fishsp.: snapper

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

dee adahaia

very; very bad

dinana

noun mother (formal)

dolo

adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)

duu baa

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noun one half of an oyster shell

gaahagi

adjective the useless tuber-like growths on the bie plant

gahoo

verb wear

gannui koi

noun gannui which has been scraped out of the shell to be eaten

gasi

adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)

gavia

crazy person; insane person,

gea

hawksbill turtle

giado manu

noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe

gili hau

noun the inner bark of the hibiscus

gini manu

verb pick flowers

gogono

adjective moan

goloa

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noun groceries, supplies

golomagi

verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

gubulima

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noun wrist

hadumuna

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagabala

verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)

hagabaulia

verb figureout, determine

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadegelia

verb

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagaditidi de hadu

to skip a stone across the water

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagalaangaa

verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)

hagalulu de langi

verb attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamagua

verb to cause someone to steal

hagammae lodo

verb insult (someone)

hagaoda

noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)

hagausinga ina

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adjective cloudy

hai dauaa

verb be in a wrinkled condition

hai soa

friendship

hale duu biho

barbershop

hano goe

see what i told you

hauala

noun seaweedsp.

hhadi iho luu vae

take a short break (in work involvingstanding)

hilo hagamaasui

verb to braid sennit with the left hand;

hulo saele

adjective wander around

hulu

verb apply liquid on,smear on

ivi a duimogo

pelvic bone

koomu

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noun comb

labua

verb knead thoroughly

langadia

verb able to remain afloat with a load

lau maalie

verb neat-appearing hair or feathers

luu amaau

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

maangalo

sweet

mada-givi

noun fishsp.

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

magalili

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verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

mahuda age

wakeup

maili

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adjective fast; early

malele

adjective completed

manu hale moni

noun a pottery bottle or jar

mmahi i de gai

eat more than seems appropriate to one’s body size

mogo

noun coconutapple (young and edible)

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

muu

adjective utter (words or sounds), reply (tosomeone)

ngaue age

increase (in rank or price, etc.)

ngudu ai

act as an interpreter

niho

noun tooth, teeth

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

oga

verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick

ono

numeral six

saga

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

sanga

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fornicate, have sexual intercourse

se me gi hee

in which direction is the current running

sii valavala

adjective spray

singano

verb the flower of the pandanus tree

somo boi

adjective grow abnormally (having defects)

soolo

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noun salt

ssuugulu

noun school

uliuli

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adjective black

vaasuu ai

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adjective steadily ‘like someone or something, feel affection for’ cf. vaasuu

vange de hagaboo

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verb give greetings

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby