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ahi malo

noun a mat wrapping for clothes

baagava

noun violent in word or action

baasi e haa o de langi

the four quadrants of the sky

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

bangi

verb pinch (with the fingers)

basa maalie

adjective speak moderately

basa pada

adjective speak harshly

biigii hahine

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noun sow

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

daagelo

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noun February

daangahulu dala buni

ten dollar bill

daasele

verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip

dae de lodo

be satisfied completely

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

de gai i mua

favorite food

deai ange

no more, no other

dee gamalie

adjective do very attentively

deelaa

there

denaa donu

that is it for sure

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

dogo huadia

verb a way of punting a canoe

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

donadona

verb covered with dona

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

dotodo

verb bloody (of a person)

dugu dahi

verb accomplish or complete something in asingle effort; fishing with a single line

dugu de laa

lower sail

dumanu sala

adjective bad situation; poor in appearance

elaa

a sound indicating surprise

gaagoo

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noun chicken

gamedi vai salo

a type of bowl

gano niho

noun gums (of mouth)

gede

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noun basket

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ginigini

noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

haangoda de agau

a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)

hadi modu

adjective sheer drop-off (as at the edge of a cliff)

hagaaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

hagabunidia

verb add up

hagadahi

verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases

hagadania

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagadiingia saele

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

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagahula

the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagaingoo ai

called by (named)

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagalleo

verb to produce many sounds

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagatale ange

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verb try

hai mogobuna

adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild

hegai

adjective eat ravenously

hhali gee

scoop out

holi

shape of, form of

hua i gadea

the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float

hua ligi

adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)

hulo saaele

verb wander around

i de baasi

concerning; at the behest of;under the auspices of

ieiange

adjective

iga-adagahi

noun fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)

ioonga

noun way of giving

kalo

verb stir up

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

laumele

noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)

llao

verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole

lluhe

noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

loiho

adjective go or come down (or toward the lagoon)

loimada

noun tears

lua-aligi

adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)

luu gili

noun labiaminora

maanu iho

adjective to begin to fish while maanu

mada duai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

madaangahulu maa haa

number fourteen

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

manavanava

adjective breathing

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

manu-mmala

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

masui

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left

me holu

noun bow

mmao

adjective far,distant

moele

a lie

moni

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noun canoe

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

musumusu laa lalo

whisper softly

namu

noun mosquito

ngago

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noun egg

ngaio-golai

noun fishsp.: needlefish

saibo

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

sali de usu

runny nose

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sao

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verb escape

sogosogo

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orphaned

ssunu

suck, smoke (cigarettes)

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

te langi

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noun sky

valaai tao

dye

vogi

to shame someone by teasing or insulting them