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aalo

verb come by paddling

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

ahinga

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noun armpit

angia

verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)

baa sala

adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)

basa ange

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verb answer; talk to

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bodu o taane

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noun wife

buuludi

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verb hug

daagina

verb towing; dragging

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dama hodooligi

noun children of the chief

damadaane

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noun son

dangaloa

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earthworm

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

delaa maa

that there was about (approximately)

delaa sili

that there is enough

deleulu

verb good at catching tuna

doga

noun a (live) coral formation

doi-lesi

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore

doo de gulabe

prolapsed rectum

doonga

noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)

doonga a lima

one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar

dotonogaa

noun fishsp.: goby

dungagi

verb nod (one’s head)

duu biho

adjective haircut; cut hair

duu taua

outbreak of war

duuduu manu

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

duulua

noun jack (fish sp); large alaala

gaadinga gaha dea

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

gada gimoo

adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)

gai nnao

adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)

galo ahi

sparks

gasa

adjective run aground

gasigasia

verb rubbed against,scratched

gau anga

noun thigh

guba

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)

gubulima

noun wrist

haangoda dua agau

noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hagaaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

hagahala

a sleeping mat

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagakii dalinga

adjective producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something very sweet is eaten

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagapiigia

verb make stuck to

hai gaiaa

verb use without permission

haiava

noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner

haiva dee agona

sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’

hakaligali

verb grooved

hano gi de maalama

transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form

hhaa

verb blossom forth

honga de masavaa

at the time of

huga

noun fine threads or strands

ilihia tinae

adjective a stomach distended by gas

ivi-a-duimogo

noun pelvicbone

kini

noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)

laagau

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noun wood

lede

noun penetrating cold

lengi

adjective bloated, inflated, swollen up, bulging

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lodo bale

noun helpful (sort of person)

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

madaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama

time noun november (’eleventh month’)

madala mai

get free, be loose; in bloom

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madua

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adjective old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

maduilau

noun fishsp.: goatfish

magau danuaa

die peacefully (shown by a beatific facial expression on the corpse and the calmness of the weather)

malo haahine

noun dress

manu-daa-uga

noun <= goehau>

manu-kono

noun birdsp.

masole

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adjective abraded (skin), scratched

mataia

soreness of the eyes after a fishing expedition (from the glare of the sun)

me duu

clitoris

me hhadu hugadoo

it’s a lie

me tao

noun dye

moe dolo

verb to sneak into another’s house at night for the purpose of having sexual relations

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

muli mai ange

a little later, by and by

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

musu

verb whispering

nebua

verb be nebu

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verb freed, be

osia

verb taken for planting

pula

adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect

sagana

verb watch carefully, keep an eye on

sai moni

a fleet of canoes

sala

noun mistake,error,accident

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

sauligi

noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)

savali

verb hungry

se biho

clever (scheme or trick)

se me gi hee

in which direction is the current running

sii bido lua

vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

tangada dee doo gi de me

uncouth person

tuu

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verb (transitive) cut