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aha laa

I wonder why

ahe ina

wind around completely once

alukaba

verb leave quickly (usually under duress)

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

aovaa

noun hour

au hagi

verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef

baasi madau

adjective right side, right-handed

bakau

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noun upper arm; wing

bane

noun the flat top of the shark’s snout

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

bubu

adjective move about

bunaa hoe

noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke

bunei

noun fish sp.: batfish

buu useahi

verb blurred

daakodo

adjective be in place ; liedown

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

daemahalia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagua

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verb say

dao huge

verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

denga hhuge --

upward current

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)

dogi hakolona

noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

dumugamuga

noun butt

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continueupon

elunga

noun top of, the position over (something)

gage gaahanga

verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga

gaha biigi

noun a rope for tying pigs

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

galeve sali

noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve

galigi

adjective covered all over with

ganae

mullet

gau hadu

noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

geesaama

noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)

gili hau

noun the inner bark of the hibiscus

goede

noun octopus

goloa hai umu

noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven

gubu lima

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noun fist

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hagabaubauanga

adjective to have been criticized

hagabuulunga iho

adjective to hagabuulunga oneself

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadogoisi

verb reduce in number, make fewer

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadubu o manu

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahaanau

verb to help to deliver a child (as a midwife does)

hagaloma de me

calm weather, with no noise

hagapago donu

adjective fortunate result

hagatale ange

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verb try

hagatanu iho

adjective take a nap

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hai taelodo

adjective obtain something in great number

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hausanga

noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole

heduu

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noun star

hhadu

adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)

hhui mai tai

flow of the tide

i dai nei

Mortlock Islands

kano

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noun meat

laagau lui

noun a cross (e.g., of wood)

laso paava

verb skinny (of people)

lava sili

adjective good enough; stop

leba

verb flap in the wind (like a flag)

lodo daemaha

adjective feel unhappy or sad

lodo danuaa

adjective happy

lodo kabi

verb filled to capacity

lote

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preposition inside (lodo+de)

maadua

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noun parents

maalie loo

much later

maamasa

adjective

madavalu

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number eighty

makaga

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adjective hard

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

manu-ligi

verb lice (immature); louse (immature)

masi

verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe

me duu

clitoris

meamea --

adjective becoming red

moea

verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)

moele

noun a lie (an untruth)

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

moomuna

adjective fatty

ngaue

adjective move (oneself), moved

obe

eye of thtaro corn

odaau

pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)

sali

verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)

samouli

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the spirit of a human being after his death

sausau

noun fishsp.: lion-fish

se agoo

adept at

sigale

verb scull (a boat)

sii tae

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

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

ssuonioni

sand

ula

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flame, aflame, burning

ula

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noun lobster

usu

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verb push