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adamai

verb recollect or recall past events or persons, etc.

adilo

noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire

aha goi

what next

badodi gee

to jerk violently

balu

noun fish sp.

bedi

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adjective fat

bili

adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)

bualeu

noun ovaries and fallopian tubes

buuganga

noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose

buusagi

verb an eddy caused by a current

daalonga

noun a wound on the body

daava

verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)

dagua

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noun tuna

daguu kalo

noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade

dahidonga

noun grandfather

danuaa age

improved,better

dau

noun cover for an earth oven

dauaabulu

verb nearly sunk

dee haaoa i de gai

gluttonous

denaa donu

that is it for sure

denga mee naa

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those ones (plural)

diibanga goo dii

a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")

diinonga

adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)

dohe

noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.

doi

noun stain (as for wood)

dolo

noun sugarcane

doo de gai me

miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

duu ange

adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duugau

noun legs at the base of the canoe mast

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

gadunga

fire-plow

galo

adjective to show signs of being pregnant; a color change of fruit indicating ripening

galo hilo

verb not cooked completely

ganimuli

noun the second child of a couple

gauea

noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gida ma gida

each individual...

gimoo lele

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noun bat

goloa o taane

male genitalia

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haangoda

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noun fishing

haangoda dua agau

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

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagaditidi mai de moni

a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)

hagadubu hue vini

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaeligi

verb treat as an eligi

hagamaadau

noun a current which flows to the right

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hai de boo (o)

celebrate the birthday (of)

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hai me balavini

to conduct oneself clumsily

haula

verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)

haunga

noun manner of wearing a flower garland

hulu made

noun the fading of one’s hair color (becoming white)

huuhuge

verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

kaba

adjective do prematurely

laagau hagadauaadea

noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it

laangai ngadi moana

a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools

lalo ade

solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)

lalo de vae

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heel

laulau

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a type of basket

legia

noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

llilo mai

decreasing (in number); becoming less

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

lodo haa

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noun branches of the coconut palm (used to make galeve, an alcoholic beverage)

loeaa

noun a type of game

maadau duiagi

noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)

maanadu bodobodo

adjective limited in intelligence

madangi danuaa

noun fresh air

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malangilangi

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adjective happy

manege ma de --

better than (nothing, etc.)

manomano

numeral thousands and thousands

manu de henua

noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manu-gaba-aasanga

noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

me boogia e de eidu

a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping

me hagadaahao

noun toy

mmaunga

noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngavesi

noun box,coffin,crate

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

oda

eat something raw

ono

barracuda

oo

noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

sau makaga de madangi

the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction

sengalia

verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)

somo

adjective grow, develop; coconutapple

sua hadu umu

stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven

tama

noun child

tamana odogu bodu

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noun father-in-law