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aahee nei

then what (immediate future)

agilau gee

extremely pugnacious

agoago

noun taro fibers

ahe ina

wind around completely once

alaa ai

those only

aoaa

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noun hour

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

baa i de madangi

be hit (usually forcefully) by wind

baanabu

noun stone (from banaba) used for trolling lure

badioda

verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making

bagu

noun scab, crust

bela

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noun plot of taro bog; boggy soil

biini

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noun pen

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

buni lunga ma lalo

a pitch black night

buugunga

noun conformation of a bugu

dahido mada

noun inner corner of the eye

dama lalo

noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands

dangada gohu

noun ignorant person

dao me hholu

noun arrow (for a bow)

dau haanau

noun a period during which many children areborn

dee anga

forgetful, absent-minded

delaa nei ()

that there is it (is that there it)

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

doi

noun stain (as for wood)

doo i de...

expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)

dua gaahanga

noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)

duu-o-de-hine

anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)

duudane

noun buttock

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

ege ange

move (something) over

gaadinga osi

a coconut selected as a seedling

gatae

fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)

golo age

continually golo voluntarily

goloa de henua

noun gear of local manufacture

goloa labagau

noun carpenter’s tools

gona

noun belly button

gu malaia donu

to have been lucky

gubu lima

hand, wrist

guuduma

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

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

haahadi

verb

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hadugolaa

any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].

hadumuna

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagabuu ange

blame (someone), incriminate (someone)

hagadaane

verb to act like a human

hagadau doo

verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s

hagadau doolohi

verb chase each other

hagaduumaa

verb add a portion

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagahahine

adjective treat as a woman

hagamaaiongi

adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)

hagasolo age

keep postponing or delaying

hagavaiduu

verb to act as though one were lazy

hai daahili

verb to compose songs

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hai me mule me

habitually slow or late

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hau singano

noun garland of singano

hhano

verb wash one’s own hands (or mouth)

hhedu

verb fold up (several folds), roll up

honga iainei

at this time,these days

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

hua manu gai

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noun fruit

huudanga

noun way of singing

io alo

noun lower io, q.v.

kii ange

verb increase

labua gee (lodo)

having an upset stomach; to be on the point of nausea

langi maakau

noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lima

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llama

verb fish for flying fish (at night)

longo

adjective hear, feel; news

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

luu ono

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pronoun his/her (for dual, inalienable noun)

maadoogini

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harmonica

mahana

adjective hot

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

mau ange huu

usually

miili

adjective a type of game

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

ne hia

how many has it been

olongaa

noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)

pala de langi

it’s raining

pee

adjective pass wind (flatus)

sae iho

adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)

saubaligi

verb graceful in dancing

sele gi tonu

make sure of

siba

verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking

sigidaumaha

verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe

sugi

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tail

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tamana odogu bodu

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noun father-in-law

Unu

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the name of a star; the name of a folk tale character

uu

milk

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)

vvela

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adjective hot, warm