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adudau

noun sandspit

ahulu

noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)

anaa ange naa

about that (here) much more

anaboo nei

tonight (past)

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

aoa

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

baba ange

ready for

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

biigia

verb be stuck to completely

boaa ina

adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain

dagalia

verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare

dangada ulu

noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well

danu

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verb bury

danu de maasina

the setting of the moon

dao de laangi

celebrate

de hine ga haibodu

noun bride

de ngago

noun brain

dee daea donu

unexpectedly

denei ai

therefore (with respect to this here)

denei sili

this is enough

diba

noun portion, share, part, fraction

diinei de manu

to kill off plants

dinana

noun mother (formal)

dogi hakolona

noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell

doli de henua

to defeat all comers

donu

noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)

dua pada

adjective to plait with thick strands

dubua

noun a person of extraordinary ability

duiduia

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noun thorn

dulagi ange

look like

dungu

verb smell (something)

duu bale

verb not quite vertical

gada

adjective laugh

gaibea-lausedi

noun trapezeidcrab

galo sugi mada

glimpse

ganimago

noun mollusksp.: malea pomum

giligili tai

noun horizon

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

hagabadabaataianga

noun

hagabuulunga iho

adjective to hagabuulunga oneself

hagadubu mangoo

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadulagi

verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse

hagaidaida

verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagaloma de me

calm weather, with no noise

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagamuli

verb be late, tarry

hagaobe

verb cause to have obe

hagaodea

the time at which it is midday

hagasiva (ina)

verb make a total of nine

hagasoa ange

go along with others,join the crowd

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai de ingoo

make a good name for oneself (by one’singratiating behavior)

hai madangi

adjective passwind (flatus)

hai me gaiaa

to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)

heui

verb question (something) carefully

hevaalogi

the screaming of many people at the same time

hhoa de biho

fool (someone)

hhui age

eat a snack

holo gumi

adjective

hono

verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)

honu

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noun turtle

huuhuu

noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

i dahi me

each, apiece

laangi adu laa

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noun day after tomorrow

laangi i mua anaahi

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noun day before yesterday

labagau

adjective carpenter; skillful (at a craft); craftsman

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

lo taane

adjective daring, brave, manly

lodo laanui

adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

luu panava

noun scrotum (whole thing)

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maanga booi

noun a fingerful of booi

madangi

noun storm

manu-a-madaligi

noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)

me ne modu

decision

mee saabini uga

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reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)

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milosanga

the way in which a current flows

moebili

adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

naba i de muna

converse earnestly

ngole iho

adjective to use the biggest first

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

ogo

verb pick up one at a time (by hand)

ono

numeral six

ovea

verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)

pala de langi

verb rain

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

saunoa

intensifier very

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

seni ahiahi

adjective go to bed early (in the evening)

sii tae

diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

sou daane

noun a sudden strong gust of wind

tua

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noun back (body part)

tua

outside

uaasei

a type of small knife