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abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

abi

noun fish sp.: tang

ago

verb learn, teach

baoa age

wash up on shore and beach thereon

biliisi

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noun bridge

boaa ina

adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain

daa

verb to make a sharp turn ; a back-handed slap or jerking of anything which moves (e.g., a hand, foot, tail, tongue, etc.); to tattoo; hit, strike, beat; to kill; to wash clothes; scoop up (liquids or solids); to bail (a canoe)

dabui

verb to splash water on something with the hand

daelodo odi ange

evennumber

dahi laangi

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noun Monday

dahidonga

noun grandfather

dao

noun a spear, branch of (part of)

daonga

noun feast

daumaha daamada

noun the morning prayer service (before the major church service)

de mee nei

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this one

dee dau ia

it’s ok

dee sao age

always fail or be defeated

deenei

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noun this

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

diihagaai

noun the eighth child of a couple

diinei de madangi

a decrease of wind velocity

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

dua nnui

adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)

duu keli

adjective firmly in place,earnestly

duu mmea

sea cucumber species

gaba taiao

noun early morning

gabaduu

verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current

galavalava

noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

galeve

sakau drink

galo-gila

noun fishsp.: goatfish

gau

noun handle,appendage

geesaama

noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)

gide malie

adjective get in the habit of

gili maalama

verb light-skinned

hagaada

verb give a picture to

hagaamuli

verb treat as junior

hagaao

verb intend to stay up until daybreak

hagabaagava

verb to threaten violence

hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagadabeina

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verb prepared, be

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadau gaiaa

adjective steal from one another

hagamadagu

verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)

hagamanu

verb cause to have disease

hagammuni

verb hide (something) from

hagasau madangi

verb to be exposed to the wind

hagasiilangaa mada

noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hai gauligi

each child is somewhat different

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

haonga

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noun hole

hau biho

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noun crown

hebuihagi

verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close

hiihidi

verb

hohonga

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noun nest

holomanga

noun throat

hooia donu huu

at the best possible time or place

huaa bodu

noun family

huaahai

verb expertise

iho daahagi

adjective a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears

ilosia

verb wormy or maggoty (of something decayed)

laangai sahole

noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting

lahhie

noun firewood

levango

adjective fight

lleu luu mada

swelling of the eyes (after crying)

llidi

dress up (esp. in new or very fancy clothes)

loada

noun sputum

lodo hagamau me

adjective selfish with one’s possessions, ungiving

loha

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noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

loonaa

verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)

maadau mangoo

noun a type of fishhook (for sharks)

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

mada galava

noun spear foreshaft

mada mmea

adjective dark red

madaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama

time noun november (’eleventh month’)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

mangila

noun plantsp. (a type of ngaungau)

manu hale moni

noun a pottery bottle or jar

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

manu-a-madaligi

noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)

manu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga

noun serpentcucumber

meemouli

noun living thing

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

moe danuaa

adjective die in peace

muna hai alaa

oh my goodness

saibo

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

se mouli dangada

rascal

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

sege de gauanga

dislocated thighbone

sua hadu umu

stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven

taane haangoda

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noun fisherman

tainaahine madua

noun elder sister

tainaahine o dogu bodu

noun sister-in-law

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tao o de me holu

noun arrow

tubuna aahine

noun grandmother

tugu lima

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