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abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

anaa ange huu

that much more only

anailaa laa

it was today that

baalanga tea

noun stainless steel

baalasi mai (adu)

shine a flashlight toward me (you)

baasi lua

having two useful sides

bagkau

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noun wing

bedibedi

adjective getting fat

bese

noun one of the harmony parts in old chants

boaa ina

adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

buu-ili

noun fish sp.

daane hai moni

sailor,seaman

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dagilanea

adjective each having a lot

dama ulungi

noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole

dangada lo te gohu

noun unenlightened person

dangau-paava

noun fishsp.: snapper

danuaa sili

adjective good enough

dao badu

noun ridgepole (upper)

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

deebele

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noun tables

delaa naa loo

that there could be it

dodi

adjective have a limp (physical condition)

dotodo

verb bloody (of a person)

duanui

noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf

dunu

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verb cook

duoi

noun parasites (intestinal) of fish

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

duudanga daahili

noun verse of a song

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of

e galemu

it’s alright

ege ange

move (something) over

gaahanga

noun a rope used to assist in climbing

gavia

crazy person; insane person,

geiuli

lizard species

geu de madangi

a change of wind

giado

outrigger boom

giado manu

noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe

gohu

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adjective dark

goloa lalo

noun gear obtained from foreign lands

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagabudu

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verb gather

hagadaaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

hagadabena

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verb prepare

hagadabena iho

verb prepare oneself, make oneself

hagadahea

verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe

hagahale

verb begin to form (of a situation)

hagamua

verb be first; get closer to

hale hadu

noun a house of brick or cement construction

hausanga

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

hidi taelodo

adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement

hidu llau

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number seven hundred

hoe

verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn

huda

noun a verse of an old chant

i de baasi

concerning; at the behest of;under the auspices of

ilihia tinae

adjective a stomach distended by gas

kalo gee

strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

kii adu

get out

laohie

noun drought

lau ligi

verb having small leaves

lau makaga

verb stiff

limasisi

noun pinky finger

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lodo henua

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noun forest

loha

noun birdsp. (never seen live)

maadua

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noun parents

maagila

verb to appear to be barely separated (as islets on the atoll when seen from a distance); parted slightly

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

madangi

noun wind

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malau ngudu

noun lips

mamu-honga-dai

noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)

miili

adjective a type of game

mmilosanga

noun a confluence of currents (from below the surface of the sea)

moana dabeo

verb rough seas

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

mother

tinana

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

niho

noun tooth, teeth

nngaoa

verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

omaau

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

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

sai moni

a fleet of canoes

sali dodo

adjective bleed

sii tae

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

sila

look for

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

ssae

verb rip, tear, deflower (a virgin)

ssave

flying fish

taumee

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noun bud of the coconut palm

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toogili

adjective wrinkly

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noun back (body part)

uu duaa nui

broom.