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abulu

adjective sink (until submerged)

adugau

verb arrangement of things into a straight row

ahu

noun islet

aloalo me

noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll

anei ai huu

these only then

angaanga mada nia

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fingernail

anumia

verb bobbing in the water

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baasi

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noun side

bagibagi de me

all of a sudden (violent actions)

beau

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noun wave, the surf

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

bonga

adjective bent, curved, defective (of fruit)

buada

verb sling

daabui

verb enclose

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dagabuli

verb gather together in a group

dagahi

verb step on, kick with one’s heel

dagahia de agau

reef which has been trampled previously by lobster hunters (and therefore is poor for lobstering)

dagu age

say out loud

dalaehala

verb pricked

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

daohi ange dahi hai

argue against

de eidu pale

fortunately, luckily

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

doi-avaava

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

doli age

adjective obtain the smallest first

doo tahulinga

adjective bad-mannered

dua lligi

adjective thin (line or rope, etc.); fine (thread, etc.); tenderly

duu-uli

noun seacucumber sp.

duubulei

noun head of the penis

elunga

noun top of, the position over (something)

gabaduu

verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current

gamu

verb coral (any kind)

gana

noun bad person

gano agau

reef (including land thereon)

gau lama

noun rachis of the coconut leaf

gili somo

noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)

goloa o taane

male genitalia

gumigumi

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chin

hadu

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noun stone, rock

hagaalongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagabudu

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verb gather

hagabunidia

verb add up

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagailonga

noun fishsp. : damselfish

hagakona

verb become (or make) much worse

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalilo

verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)

hai hagadubu

adjective to fashion a string figure

hai huaabodu

treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether

hai me mulegi

to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)

hanga benu

adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit

hano ai huu

forever

hanu ange

some more

holiholi

noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

kano

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noun meat

kona ange

become much worse

laaigi

noun a driftwood plant sp., with an aromaticsap which is used for perfume

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

llao

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

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

loeaa

a type of game

lou aama

adjective the submerging of the outrigger float

ma te hakii

the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maadau duiagi

noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)

maanadu gelo

adjective profound thoughts

maanegabo

adjective energetic

mada duai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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mada mmea

dark red

madohi boo

adjective midnight

manu de henua

noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)

manu solo laagau

file (for filing wood)

masi

verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe

mataia

soreness of the eyes after a fishing expedition (from the glare of the sun)

me ne modu

decision

me ssongo aha

useless thing

moana dabeo

rough seas

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

momo

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quantifier few

muna o de henua

noun a community meeting (for listeningto speeches or instructions)

ngaiho

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noun north

ngalue ange

increase

nigo

verb go around in a circle; wind around

noho senga (adu)

adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

olo

an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit

pungu

adjective plump

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

saniba

noun fishsp.: silversides

sau aloalo

echo

sebu

adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time

senga manu

adjective stupid (like an animal)

siba

noun fishsp. (small flying fish)

singa gee

lean away from

taigaa

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noun tiger

Unu

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the name of a star; the name of a folk tale character