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adi saele

adjective disseminate information

adumua

verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver

ahinga

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noun armpit

aloha gelo

noun profound affection

au madua

verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect

baaini

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lie (down)

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

bugu

noun mons veneris

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daahili lo te gohu

a popular (secular) song

daane dee lahilahia

noun a very special one (rarely seen)

daangahulu dala buni

ten dollar bill

daballahi

adjective thin (of long flat object)

dagimomo

adjective few for each one

dagodo lalo

adjective seriously ill and not improving

dama naale

noun a talkative, deceitful person

de hine dabeo

a menstruating woman

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

delaa ange

that there is another one

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

dubuna

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noun grandparents; ancestors

duna

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

duu donu

adjective vertical

duu modu

vertical cut

duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

gaadinga hagaangiangi

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

gaavange

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verb give

galaanga

verb to look for members of the opposite sex by walking around at night

gavage

adjective give or bring up

gavia

crazy person; insane person,

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

giligili tai

horizon

gini hua o hegau

to receive the rewards of work well done (or punishment for evil deeds)

gini manu

adjective pick flowers

gobai

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noun hat

haaele sala

verb spoil (children), bring up (children) badly

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

haangoda de lodo

to fish in the lagoon

haelu

verb var. of hailu

hagabaabaagia

verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.

hagabau

verb measure, calculate,estimate

hagadulagi

verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse

hagaduu dala

adjective angry and ready to fight

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagahaangoda

verb to teach to fish

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagaleo

verb to produce sound

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagannagi

verb lean against

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagasemuna

verb make a total of one hundred million

hagatoo mua

verb take every possible precaution, insure

hai soa

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friendship

hakki

noun esophagua; trachea

hanu me

secret friend of the opposite sex

hauala

noun seaweedsp.

henua mounga

noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)

henuu

verb a method of plaiting

hevaalogi

adjective the screaming of many people at the same time

hili gee

sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

hoou

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adjective new

huaalaangi

noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only

i taiao

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in morning

iga-ligi

noun fishsp. (a small oceanic school fishslightly larger than dauoni)

levango

adjective fight

lodo hinangalosaa

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depression (feeling)

lodo manege

adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser

loha

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

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

madalua maa dahi

number twenty one

madohi iho

adjective to reach halfway down

mai moni

noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

malau ngudu

noun labia (vulva)

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manigangi

adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu-solo-maanu

noun a jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower (burrows into the sand when touched)

maoli

a suspicion which proves to be true

mau

adjective usual ; usually

mau ange huu

usually

me hhadu hugadoo

it’s a lie

milo

noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)

moe iho

adjective sleep for a short time, nap; sleep overnight in place other than one’s usual sleeping place

ngaalulu

adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

odi ange

even (number); complete (none missing); reach the maximum

oho boo

adjective to oho while still dark

ohu

verb a depression in a tree trunk

palo

noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)

sai

verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)

salua

verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed

sauvalovalo

verb echo

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sisi lima

verb longhand (writing)

somo

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noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut

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ssabe

adjective leave,go away