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agaaga

noun having lots of roots

amu ligi

fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered

baa sala

adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)

baasi gi taiao

forenoon (from dawn to noon)

baasua

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noun clam

badabaataianga

noun

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

baua

verb figure out, determine

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

bongaa hala

noun any long and hollow object (e.g., a pipe or a hose)

bouli gee

an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)

bubu

adjective move about

daagelo

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noun February

dahia

verb shave

dahulinga

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custom, habit

daina ahine

noun sisters

dama adu hale

noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

danu de bela

spade up taro plots, adding mulch

denaa ange

this there is another one

denaa ange naa

about that (here), much more

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

eba

a sleeping mat (child’s)

gaadinga osi

noun a coconut selected as a seedling

gada

adjective laugh

gaehala

adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope

galasi

ganae-oo

noun fishsp.: threadfin

gau dahi

adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)

gavia

noun crazy person; insane person

gohu boo dangodango

a pitch-black night

gubu dolo

noun a joint of the sugarcane

haa-malama

time noun april

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagadubu hue vini

the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahaigabungi

verb make shy

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagasegelia

verb let slip or slide

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hakai-a-bagila

noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.

hausanga

noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole

hellumi

verb melee

hiihidi

verb

hinangalosaa iho

adjective self-pity

hine duuhua

noun unmarried girl

hua ligi

adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)

huna me

adjective a habitual thief

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship)

ilo

noun worm

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verb hate intensely

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

lenga

noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)

lodo gaiaa

competitive, envious, desious of retaliating

longoaa

adjective <= longaa>

luu amaau

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

maalioso

adjective die,dead (persons or animals)

maanga

noun mouthful or spoonful of food

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

madalama

noun Nukuoro (colloquial term)

magalili

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adjective cold

magalili mai

flow (of tide)

malali de biho

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adjective bald

mamu-lalo-beau

noun fishsp.: wrasse

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manege ma de --

better than (nothing, etc.)

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

matolu

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number thirty

mee mmala

noun gallbladder

mesde-gelee

noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">

mmene

adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)

moahulu

goatfish

moomodu

adjective ; collapse completely

ngago gaagoo

noun chicken egg

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

ngani adu

ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.

ngaolo

adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)

ngu te

nugu

noun land,islet

oho

verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning

ouaa

adjective yes certainly

pelaoaa

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local bread

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pensele

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noun pencil

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sali tae

adjective intractable watery diarrhea

sigale

verb scull (a boat)

singa gee

lean away from

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

somo boi

grow abnormally (having defects)

tahi-malama

noun January (’first month’)

taumaha

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noun church

tilo ange

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verb raise

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)

vange de hagaboo

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verb give greetings

vasu

timid, shy