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aadea moana

adjective unobstructed

abo donu

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good (not evil or false); real; true; well (not sick); considerate; kind; generous

abulu

adjective sink (until submerged)

alava

noun fish sp.: shark sp.

ao age

daybreak (become daylight)

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

binga

adjective be named, be called; regarded as

bou

noun mast (of a canoe)

bungaleu

adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)

buu tangada

noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)

buu-ili

noun fish sp.

daaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

dahola

verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)

dama

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noun children

dangage

verb raise one’s head up or back

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

daogoli

noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant

deebele

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noun tables

denaa sili

that is enough

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

dogoisi loo huu

very few

doli

verb to obtain as many as one can; to defeatall comers

duu uli

noun sea cucumber species

duu-hakaa

noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)

duudae

noun feces

ga dae laa huu

very, too much

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gaina

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verb eat this

ganae

mullet

gano dae

noun the net of a hand net (not including the net’s handle)

gau de henua

natives

gavage

adjective give or bring up

gi daha

to the outside; in the environs of

hagaalo-mea

verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)

hagademo

verb pout

hagaditidi de hadu

to skip a stone across the water

hagaeidu

verb treat as an eidu

hagahonu

verb fill up; to fully realize one’s potential (for happiness, etc.)

hagallongo i muna

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verb obey

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagapuuninga

noun a total of

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

hai daahili

verb to compose songs

hakii gee

<= kii gee>

hale hai niho

dentist’s office

haunu

verb <= hagaunu>

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hhui mai tai

flow of the tide

holomanga

noun throat (inside)

huadia

noun fishing pole

ili

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verb blow

kaagi

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adjective brown

labagau

adjective carpenter; skillful (at a craft); craftsman

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

llea

adjective say loudly

loa mea

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noun red ant

lugu

verb take or obtain something by force

maanga

noun mouthful or spoonful of food

maanu iho

adjective to begin to fish while maanu

mada tea gee

white as a sheet (of a person)

madaanga hulu maa siva

number nineteen

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

madeea

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verb recognize

magau donu i de lodo

want desperately

magi kino

adjective loss of appetite

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

manavanava ~ manamanava

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adjective breathing

manu aabi

kite

massiva

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number ninety

mee

noun thing

milomilosanga

the way in which a current moves about

mmau

adjective mastered, memorized, known by heart;

mmea be se gaagose

redhot (literally)

momme aadea

noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)

momo loo huu

just a very little

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

ngudu-me

noun boundary of a taro plot

nguulia

verb be nguu

oha

break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin

olonoa

noun seacucumber sp.

pala de langi

verb rain

sali ssaavale

verb salivate

sao de leo

clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice

se mouli dangada

rascal

seni ahiahi

adjective go to bed early (in the evening)

sigale

scull (a boat)

sii valavala

spray

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

ssuonioni

sand

taina gauligi ahine

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noun younger sister

tao o de moso

coconut frond spine which has fallen and stuck upright in the ground

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

tubuna

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noun grandparent; ancestor

ubu

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noun hard brown coconut shell

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uliuli

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adjective black