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alukaba

verb leave quickly (usually under duress)

angaanga dabu vae

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toenail

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

au hagi

verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef

balu daaea

noun fish sp.

binga

adjective be named, be called; regarded as

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

boose

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noun boat

daakodo

adjective be in place ; liedown

dada

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verb pull

dangaligi

noun a type of basket

danuaa

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adjective good

dee be aha

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okay; so-so

dee hilihili

indifferent

dee ni dago

never mind

delaa ai laa

that there was it

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

dogu

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pronoun my (for singular, inalienable noun)

dolo bala

verb to climb a coconut tree without using a rope (on one’s hands or feet) for assistance

duiagi

verb fishing using a whole fish as bait

duu ubu haohao

noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

gada-laagau-ngauda

noun fishsp.: rudderfish

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

galeva

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gaso

noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gau ivi

verb skinny

gaulama

gaulama

noun thick spine of coconut palm leaf

gave ua loa

a long-distance footrace

gelu-agau

noun fishsp.: tang

giba

verb swelling of the testicles

golo me

adjective unforgiving

goodou

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pronoun you (plural)

guuduma

noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)

haa daha

verb the outer coconut palm frond

hagabiiginga

noun way of making sticky

hagabini

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noun cockroach

hagabuni

verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations

hagadodi

verb walk with a limp (permanently)

hagaduu eidu

adjective superstitious; to believe in ghosts

hagailoo

verb announce

hagammae lodo

verb insult (someone)

haganna

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to calm down someone who is excited or unhappy

hagasaalunga de lungi

a member of the Christian Endeavor Society

haha

noun mouth odor

hai me moolau

an habitually fast worker

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

heduu

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noun star

hellumi

verb melee

henua monga

noun land (island) of mountains

hia

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how many

holia

verb to form (something); make (something)according to some model or plan

honu

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adjective full (for containers, notebooks, etc.)

hulo saaele

verb wander around

lahulahu

noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)

lalo de langi

beyond the horizon, far away from theatoll

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lodo ai loo

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verb wish for

ma te hakii

the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maamaa

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verb chew

maanga booi

noun a fingerful of booi

madaa sele

noun loop of a lasso or noose

madahaa

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number forty

madalua maa lima seene

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noun quarter

madohi iho

adjective to reach halfway down

magi hai dama

morningsickness (of pregnancy)

mahedu

adjective folded up,rolled up

mahi bodo

adjective easily tired

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

makaga lodo

adjective stubborn

malianoono

lizard fish

mangoo-dahola

noun fishsp.: blacktipshark

mano

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number thousand

mao lunga

adjective high,high-ranking

me osi

noun a coconuttree seedling

me ssongo aha

useless thing

milo gee

to turn the opposite way

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

ngavesi haangoda

noun fishing tacklebox

pilo bopobo

adjective musty smell

puli

verb grab up all at once

saaliba

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

sali loimada

adjective to tear1 (in the eyes because, e.g., of smoke)

saudia

verb be exposed to the wind (not sheltered)

saunoa

intensifier very

se biho

clever (scheme or trick)

sulu

dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)

taina daane

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noun brother

tangada maagaga

industrious person

tangaho

noun liver

tuli

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knee

uli

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adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)

vainui

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noun coconut water from a mature brown coconut

vilidogi

catterbox, a person who speaks fast