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aagonga i lunga

noun social class of chiefs and priests

adudau

noun sandspit

ahangi

noun lagoon

anaa huu

those only are the ones

asu

verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon

baalasi ange

compete hard against (as in team sports)

balagia

noun fish sp.

basa gee

speak (or express oneself) strangely

bidoa

verb lift or hold one end of something

biigonga

noun a curve, way of being bent

boo gi dai

the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset

bouli gee

an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)

bulada

noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)

buu goede

worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>

daadaa mee

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verb (intransitive) carve

daane hebagi

adjective soldier

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

dagasala

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fault, crime, guilt

dahidonga

noun grandfather

dama donu

noun a natural child

damaa dae

adjective skillful at catching flying fish

datada

noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)

demeenei

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this one

denga mee laa

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those ones over there (plural)

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

dogaa ange

feel shy in the presence of

dongi ange

appoint

dooluu

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pronoun your (dual; for singular noun)

dulagi

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verb, noun seem; appear; appearance, example, situation

dungu

verb smell (something)

duu gee

adjective out of alignment

duuduu manu

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

e hanohano

have diarrhea

eiidu

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noun ghost

gaadinga hagaangiangi

copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)

gaange

verb give

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

ganaudogo

noun an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat

gau-me

noun gill (of a fish)

geelonga

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noun valley

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

giado manu

noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe

ginogino

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

gubu vae

foot, ankle

gulabe

noun rectum

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

haangoda dua beau

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

hagaava

verb make a channel

hagabiiginga

noun way of making sticky

hagahee mai

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verb return

hagahula

noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagallongo i muna

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verb obey

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagamuni

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verb hide

hagaobe

verb cause to have obe

hagasegelia

verb let slip or slide

hagatugu

verb crouch down

hagavagavaga

verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death

hai aabi

having many rooms or sections

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hai hegau hilo

work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)

hhadi

verb snapped off

hhoa de biho

fool (someone)

hilo ange

mix with

huaa henua

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noun community

ivi

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bone

kii mai

verb decreasing

loeaa

a type of game

lua

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number two

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luu omaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

maa

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noun mother (informal)

maaili

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adjective fast

mada agamu

noun the essential design features of tuai

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

malanga

adjective lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from ; separated from

mano

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number thousand

massaganga

verb to be very dry

mmili

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verb to grate

momme

a place

mulegi

verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)

muli mai loo

much later

nebu

verb to do something so earnestly that one has no time to talk; be very busy

ngaio

needlefish

ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

odi ai loo

that’s the end! that’s all!

ohu

a depression in a tree trunk

saavale

noun spit, saliva

sahudu

noun fishsp.: seabass

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

suunibongi

a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night

tama legalega

infant

tangada agoago

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noun teacher

uu duaa nui

broom.