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aahee laa

which were those

aahee maa

about when (future); about how much

aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

aloha

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love; compassion; affection

basalia

verb be talked about (one person or thing only)

beluu

noun lizard; gecko

boose

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noun boat

budubudu

adjective crowded together

buu

adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

daemahalia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagua-loa

noun fishsp.: tuna sp.

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine

dalaa mada

noun <= dalaa umada>

dama doe

noun the fourth child born to a couple

dama naale

noun a talkative, deceitful person

dangaligi

noun type of basket

dao beau

noun the wave following the highest one

dau de madangi

be hit by (usually a strong) wind

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

deganoe

noun part of the female genetalia

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

diiloo

verb look after; look at attentively

dohe

noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

dubua

noun a person of extraordinary ability

dui moni

noun a fleet of canoes (in line)

duu ngavesi

noun a cover of a box

ga sui nei

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verb wet, become

gai niivoi

verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial

gaibea haahine

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female crab

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gailalopoli

adjective stingy

ganae oo

threadfin fish

gannui mada makaga

gannui which is firm

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

gili hano

verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk

gimaadeu

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pronoun we (plural, exclusive)

goodou

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pronoun you (plural)

gu oo ina mai

shout to announce important news (e.g., to announce the arrival of a ship)

guba

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

haanau

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verb born, be

hagadubu maduu paa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagamanida

verb lift (something) up

hagaulu

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

hai saulaba

adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law

hano laa uda

adjective go on foot

haonga o taalinga

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noun hole of the ear

heloongoi

adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hoolu

noun prow (bottom part)

iloha

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

kano

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noun penis

kano avaavaa

verb porous

kave

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verb take, receive

kono

adjective grunt (once)

laagau mmasa

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noun dry wood

laanningi

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noun sleeveless shirt

lau de ava

a tuna of large size

leu

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adjective ripe; the yellow color of softness of fruit (indicating ripeness)

lou aama

adjective the submerging of the outrigger float

madagu

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adjective frightened, scared

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

maga de gau dogi

masturbate (of males only)

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

malamala

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noun small bits of things (e.g. sawdust)

malo huna

adjective breechclout

malogahu

noun collared shirt

mamu-duagaa

noun fishsp.: stingray

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

matolu

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number thirty

me bouli

the deepest part of the lagoon

me ssalu lau

a scraper for leaves

muna abo (donu)

noun truth

nao baasua

verb to collect baasua

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

pono

verb to close

saa

noun a share of food (esp. for children)

saalohia

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verb hungry, be

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sango

adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)

saohia

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adjective free

sigi de hagahala

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

sigo de muna

remember what one has heard

sii tae

diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)

singa gee

lean away from

sobaga

fish sp. tang

soe

adjective straight, not crooked; level

ssaga bau

sunu

an oil slick on the water’s surface

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

tamadaane

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noun boy

taumaha

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noun church

uu duaa nui

broom.

uubiho

head-first presentation of a fetus at birth