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abo donu

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

adudau

noun sandspit

aduhenua

noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago

baa iho

adjective low (in altitude)

baabaa tugi lau

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noun log on which the pandanus leaf is smashed

baba ange

ready for

balu

verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)

bauanga

noun worth, value

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

bouli

adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)

buibui

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noun cage; fence

bunibuni

adjective be more-or-less together

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daaganga

noun way of travelling

daagina

verb towing; dragging

dagoobala

verb fall on something and smash it

dai deeai donu

almost none at all

dale pilo

verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly

dama muli bee

noun the twelfth child born to a couple

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

dee adahaia

very; very bad

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

doi-giva

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore

doo

noun an evil scheme

duudae

noun feces

duudanga daahili

noun verse of a song

eba

noun a sleeping mat (child’s)

ege iho

adjective lower (something)

eu

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noun shoulder

gage saali

verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali

gai

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verb eat (transitive)

galigi

adjective covered all over with

galu

noun viscous sputum

gano dae

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

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

gaveaa

verb taken;

gede aola

noun a type of basket

goa

noun termite

hagadanuaa

verb make good, lead a good life

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagahala

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noun sleeping mat

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hagahoa

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noun a boil on the body

hagamalibi

verb rush,speed up

hagasengaa

verb make a total of ten million

hagasugi ange

to use an abbreviated name or acronym

hai donu

adjective do properly by accident; do on purpose

hainamanilaluoo

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

haiva

noun work,activity,occupation

hale daumaha

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noun church

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

hasi made

verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted

hedogi

noun the sound of tapping

helau

noun sorcery

helau

verb sorcery

hevaalogi

the screaming of many people at the same time

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hiigai

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adjective hungry

hiihidi

verb

hudaa moni

noun a fleet of canoes

huevini

noun a type of string figure

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

ialona

noun a type of string figure

kano malie

adjective a tasty tuber of good quality

kumi tangi

adjective to control one’s crying

laa

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noun sun

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

lau henua

verb waves of sufficient size to wash overall land on the atoll; tidalwave

lauali

verb immature leaves

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

luei

verb spit out (esp. food)

luu aau

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pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)

mada giivia

verb dim light

mada-galisi

verb the stem of the coconut

madaanga hulu maa siva

number nineteen

madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

madannia

noun finger

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

mago de henua

noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)

manu-mmala

noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)

manu-solo-maanu

jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched

me de lodo

noun a fishing place (in the lagoon)

miili

adjective a type of game

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

monilele

noun airplane

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

muna hhadu

noun lie (falsehood)

niho kangi

noun tusk

nngaolia

verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

saalinga

noun street; road

sali dodo

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verb bleed

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

singasinga

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verb to wave back and forth (as a coconut tree in the wind)

sio

waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind

sivi

adjective giveup

ssali

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verb drip (liquid)

sugi-laagoo

goatfish

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream