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aahee ai

then which

aahee naa

then what (distant future)

aau

verb remove

aausanga

noun way of leaving a wake

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anaa ange maalie

those are exactly right

anaahi

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yesterday

anailaa laa

it was today that

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

aoa

noun plant sp.: tree sp.: banyan tree (Ficus prolixa Forst.)

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

baalanga tea

noun stainless steel

badodi

verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)

bagi

noun gun or any other weapon of similar nature

bii

adjective semen, ejaculate

bili i de lodo

unforgotten

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noun wife

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

bua maliaa

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noun plant species with white, five-petaled flowers

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dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

datane-uli

noun fishsp.

dau honu

noun the season during which tides are highest

dau makaga

adjective tightly stretched (not slack)

deai me ao ai

useless

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

eidu

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god, ghost, spirit

gaadinga gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga

gabinivali

noun a kind of ancient song

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

gaibea lausedi

trapezeid crab

galababa

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)

galisi

noun lizardsp.

galo gila

goatfish

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gauanga

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noun thigh

gi daha

to the outside; in the environs of

gidaau

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pronoun we (dual, inclusive)

gide

verb see

giigii saele

adjective giggle

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

hagadabeina

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verb prepared, be

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagahoohanga

verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting

hagalanea

verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hagatugu

verb crouch down

hai me gavia

do crazy things

hai me madua

act grown up

hale daane

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noun traditional men’s meeting house

hellumi de henua

mass confusion or panic

henua gelegele

atoll.

hhoa de usu

to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

hua bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit; used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

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hulu

adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)

huui luu lima

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verb wash hands

i hee ai goe

you lose

io alo

noun lower io, q.v.

kivi

adjective skinny (people, animals)

laa ange

and those there

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

lava

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verb finish

loi mada

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noun teardrop

madau

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right (direction)

madavalu

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number eighty

madila

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noun bamboo

maga tau hoe

to paddle (a canoe) vigorously

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

malo lau manu

cloth with a flowered pattern

manu-a-luga

noun insectsp.: fruitfly

maunga

noun way of becoming accustomed to

me dau

noun thing of importance,worthwhile

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

mmogo

verb insist upon

moahulu

goatfish

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

modu

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noun islet

moni dui

a canoe rigged for casting for tuna

muli tuuele danuaa

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good afternoon

nagonago

verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)

ngago

noun brain; egg

nguu

noun squid (3 types)

nguulia

verb be nguu

ono llau

number six hundred

pensele

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noun pencil

saga gee

saga away from; extend out inspace

se aha goe

you’re a nobody

seni tao

sleep soundly

sou

a gust of wind

ssema

jellyfish species

ssogo

grated raw taro which has dried out

sula

verb arrive

vaivai

intensifier too; overly

valea

moldy; to have been in place for a long time