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aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

ahu

noun islet

alaa ange maalie

those there are exactly right

alaa naa

those only

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

aloha ai

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verb love intensely

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

baaua

noun fish sp., rabbitfish

badai gee

extremely meddlesome

bapaba

adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)

basa senga

adjective speak senselessly

daahili lo te gohu

a popular (secular) song

daba de ganomada

instantaneous, in the blinking of an eye

dabaduu

noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

dangada baoa

noun dead person buried at sea who washesback up on shore

dauaalo

verb steady paddling

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

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noun pond (a specific pool of water)

deai ange soo laangi

i’ll get you

deganoe

noun part of the female genetalia

delaa ange maalie

that there is exactly right

dongi

verb a spot (e.g., on the skin); point at; peck at; a method of fishing for flying fish in which torches are extinguished on alternate legs of the canoe track

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

dua pada

adjective to plait with thick strands

duu baeao

noun piece of coconut husk

duu inai

duulale

noun a type of game

duulua

noun jack (fish sp); large alaala

duumaa

unclassified remainder (less than the preceding number); about, approximately

gaa lava

and then

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

galasi

galoi

gau mai moni

noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)

gelegele dea

verb sand

gini manu

adjective pick flowers

goodou

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pronoun you (plural)

gu dee galemu

recovering from an illness (getting better)

haanau

verb born, be

haanau ssene

adjective yield interest

hagabaguu ange

move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one

hagabidoa

verb be the last

hagabuni

verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations

hagadau kino

verb hate each other

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagahana iho

verb record for a little while

hagahebaa ngudu

adjective converse (conversation)

hagamalibi

verb rush,speed up

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagaseenga

noun way of just being able to

hagatoo donu

verb promise, contract1 with; swear to the truth of

hageli

verb a sort of sound in ancient chants

hai kai

adjective show-off, proud

hai naa hanu me

something will happen...

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

haonga i ode

noun urethra

hhali gee

scoop out

hooia donu huu

at the best possible time or place

hua bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit; used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

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ila

verb a mole (not raised) , or other permanent black spot on the skin

io alo

noun lower io, q.v.

kona odi

too much

llena

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

longohie

adjective big around, fat

longohio

verb feel

maakau laa loo dangada

what a shame

maaui

verb givebirth to, born

madangi

verb wind,gas,flatus

madohi

adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point

magi dehenua

verb have fever

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

magi nngahu

adjective asthma

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

malili

noun fish sp.: goatfish

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

maoha saele

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

maoli

a suspicion which proves to be true

mee langa

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noun woven object; the act of weaving

moolau lodo

noun having a shorttemper

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

muaamoni

noun a song formerly sung while dancing

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

ngaholu

adjective bent

ngaio

needlefish

noho lalo

adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)

pugu

adjective swollen

saagule

verb pick head lice

savasavali

verb always hungry

se hagabau

do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean

se hono

fit well or properly

siili

noun a stick used in a children’s game

sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

soolo

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noun salt

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

taina madua ahine

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noun elder sister

tamana odogu bodu

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noun father-in-law

tuu

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verb (transitive) cut

uila

lightning, electricity