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abadai

european

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

ahulu

noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)

alo-mea

adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)

anei ai

these (here) only

anei ange

and these (here)

beagi

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noun bag

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

daabasi

verb angling for tuna

daane honu

noun a person of many accomplishments

dada de uila

an electrical storm

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dalinga

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ear

dama hodooligi

noun children of the chief

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

dao de laangi

celebrate

dau gai

noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant

degi ange

forgive (someone),pardon (someone)

denaa ai loo

that is it (which has been decided upon)

dili dai

adjective any current flowing away from the atoll

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

doo de gai me

miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)

dooa

verb planted

dubuna aahine

noun grandmothers

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

e dee haalo

refuse to accept (something)

e galemu

it’s alright

gaagaasia

verb rubbed against (of lines only)

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gai baalau

verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

gai lima lua

eat greedily (with both hands)

gohu

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adjective dark

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagabidoa

verb be the last

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagahenua

verb give land to

hagallongo i muna

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verb obey

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly, delay

hagaongaonga

verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music

hagasau madangi

verb to be exposed to the wind

hagasengaa

verb make a total of ten million

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hagi me

adjective pick coconuts

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verb do, make

hakide gee

spoil (a child)

hakii adu

get out

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hano gi de maalama

transfiguration of ghosts or spirits into human form

hanu me

secret friend of the opposite sex

heboohagi

adjective fight

hegai

verb eat ravenously

hhudi

verb pull

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

huaahenua

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community

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

ino gi mua

bend (one’s body) forward

kave

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verb take, receive

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

lau ligi

verb having small leaves

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lote

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preposition inside (lodo+de)

ma de hia e doe

a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object

maanadu iho

adjective think about oneself

madangi

verb wind,gas,flatus

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

magini

a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

malo lau manu

cloth with a flowered pattern

mami

noun papaya; papaya tree

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

manuia

adjective fortunate,lucky,blessed

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

me gee

a coconut without any meat

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

mmoli gee

haul away from

mogomogo ina

muscular

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moounga

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noun mountain

ngago

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noun egg

ono-laangi

time noun saturday (’sixth day’)

oso

verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)

paa ono pagola

punished for his bad deeds

pasalia

verb be talked about (many persons or things)

saaliba

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

se aha ga hai

it’s not possibledon’t worry about it (i don’t think so.)

singa mai (adu, ange)

come carrying

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

sivi

adjective giveup

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

togo haa

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fourth

vasu

timid, shy

vogi

to shame someone by teasing or insulting them