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abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

be hia

how many (according to someone)

bini

verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

buni ange

agree with; join, close up (something, e.g., a hole); close up to

daa

noun a bunch

daa hagapodo

verb

daane abo donu

noun gentleman,person who is good

daga

verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dahido mada

noun inner corner of the eye

dalaa manu

noun piece of broken glass

dalabaimanugadele

adjective sharp (as a knife)

dama dagidahi

noun the only child of a couple

deainga

noun nothingness

dele

verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)

diba

noun portion, share, part, fraction

dili bala

adjective collapse (of persons)

doi

verb stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps fromwhich perfume is made

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

doo de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

dooa

verb planted

dumulu

noun july

duna

noun larvae (of mosquito, etc.) found in water

duu taua

outbreak of war

duuduu lagi

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

duula

noun the direction from which the wind blows

gaalauanga

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noun plant species with long green leaves

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gai mamu dua nnui

to eat fish up (not saving any for later)

gai me hagadau doa

eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)

gai nnao

adjective eat messily

gaibea-lausedi

trapezeid crab

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

gasi

noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma

haa-dolo

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish

haangoda dua beau

a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)

hadinga

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noun crook of the knee or elbow

hagadaemahadia

verb put too much weight on

hagadubu gina

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahaigabungi

verb make shy

hagahi

verb call (someone) once

hagaloma de me

calm weather, with no noise

hagamaa

verb to treat (someone) as maa2

hagammae manava

verb tease cruelly

hagaseguli

verb make a total of one hundred thousand

hagatulu mai

verb ooze out

hagavalu (ina)

verb make a total of eight

hai de biho

act smart (deviously)

hano gi bouli gee

to transfigure oneself

hano mouli

verb disappear alive, especially into another world

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

henua

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noun island, land

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

holasa

a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]

holomanga

noun throat

hua manu

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noun flower, fruit

huaa gulu

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noun breadfruit

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

ili taalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength

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noun name

kini

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

laangai sahole

noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting

labodo-tea

noun eelsp.: morayeel

lau de alelo

be unable to speak clearly, owing to a stuttering problem

launui

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noun coconut palm leaf

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lodo a gauligi

adjective immature (in personality); vulnerable to having one’s feelings easily hurt

lodo llidi

a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)

maanetonu

adjective act cautiously

mada duulanga

noun an important position (spatially)

madalua maa dolu

number twenty three

madalua maa ono

number twenty six

malanga age

lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)

malogu

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mami

noun papaya; papaya tree

mamu-lalo-beau

noun fishsp.: wrasse

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

masausau

verb goodat fighting

mataia mai

seen being mataia

mee duu

noun clitoris

moa

noun the blossom of the banana tree

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

momo

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quantifier few

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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muli tuuele danuaa

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good afternoon

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngalue

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verb move

ngalue ange

increase

ni aha

what are these

niho hagadolo

noun incisor teeth

nohoanga hodooligi

noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

noogele

verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie

sae de hadu

make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)

saganaa iho goe

watchout

sege de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

ssahu

adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)

taina gauligi ahine

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noun younger sister

unusaagi

deception