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alaa nei

those now

alamoi

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noun June

angia

verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)

baabaa ama

verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

basa maalie

adjective speak moderately

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

daaia

verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely

daane hai moni

sailor,seaman

dagabuli

verb gather together in a group

dahea gee

drift away

danuaa huu

it’s still ok no wonder

dao o de nui

(topmost) roof support poles, wall plates(from the size of which one can estimate the maturity of those below)

daohi ange dahi hai

argue against

dau laagii

adjective to put on an ornament for a special purpose

diinei de manu

to kill off plants

doi

noun stain (as for wood)

doli iho

adjective to obtain the biggest first

donga

noun plantsp.: orientalmangrove(bruguiera gymnorhiza (l.) lam.)

dotodi

adjective limping (as an action)

duai

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noun bench fitted with a tool to grate coconuts

dubuna aahine

noun grandmothers

dui

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verb sew

duna

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

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gage gaahanga

verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga

gai ngaadai

adjective <= gai ngaadahi>

gano moana

noun open sea, far away from any land

gaunga

noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire

giba

verb swelling of the testicles

hagaalukaba

verb cause to leave quickly, force out

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadiingia saele

adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagailonga ange agina

assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark

hagammae lodo

verb insult (someone)

hagammuni

verb hide (something) from

hagamuli

verb be late, tarry

hagasomo de alelo

stickout one’s tongue

hagavagavaga

verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death

hai daalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hale o de henua

community meeting house

hau bule

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noun shell necklace

hina

noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness

hoosenga

adjective shy,embarrassed,bashful

hui hala

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ripe pandanus

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i ono daha

at his place, with him

ivi-a-duimogo

noun pelvicbone

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

koe se aha

who do you think you are

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

llibo ange luu vae

run

loloa

adjective tall; long

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

madalua

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number twenty

made

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verb look at in an effort to identify or recognize

madohi iho

adjective to reach halfway down

magau i de hiigai

ravenous

malino

adjective calm (weather), still (wind)

malo lau manu

cloth with a flowered pattern

mangoo-biho-lua

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

mau

adjective usual ; usually

mmala dana (dagu) maanga

lose his (my) appetite

mmudi

adjective sprinkling (of rain)

molimoli

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

molo

noun a noose for fishing

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

mousi

adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)

mui

verb gathered around (something)

musu

verb whispering

namu

noun mosquito

ngaadahi

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adjective both

ngaio

noun fishsp.: needlefish

ngaue mai

to reduce (in price, etc.)

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

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verb to have an eye (of a taro corm)

oo

noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

sanga

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fornicate, have sexual intercourse

sauduu

mermaid

se mouli dangada

rascal

seguli

numeral hundreds of thousands

sili gee

stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height

singano

verb the flower of the pandanus tree

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

sio

waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind

suunibongi

a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night

taina daane

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noun brother

tangada sisi

secretary

taula (o de me holu)

noun bowstring (string of the bow)

tiimaa

noun ship

vasu

like

veelenga

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noun garden