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verb awaken, wake up

anga baabaa

noun mollusk sp., spider conch

anumia

verb bobbing in the water

augaua

verb infected

baa

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noun mollusk sp., pearl oyster

boda

verb straggly (hair or feathers)

bonaa ua

noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck

boo dolu de gulu

the third day after breadfruit has been picked (after which it is not good to eat)

bulu giidagi

noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap

daaligidanga

noun the slope of a canoe’s keel

daane dee lahilahia

noun a very special one (rarely seen)

daane mada duulanga

noun a person able to do things others cannot

daballahi

adjective thin (of long flat object)

dagelo

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bottom, foundation

dagoobala

verb fall on something and smash it

dagu age

say out loud

dahuli

adjective turn back; change one’s mind

dalaa muna

noun word,phrase

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

delaa tee madea

hard to tellapart from; resemble closely

dodo

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blood

dotonogaa

noun fishsp.: goby

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

gadi

verb bite

gai ina

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verb eat this

gai me hagadau doa

eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

gili hano

verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk

goli manu

adjective pick flowers

gumi

noun a measurement: by tens of fathoms

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

haangoda de lodo

to fish in the lagoon

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

hadi bala

adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself

hadu lunga

noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)

hagaadaada

verb getting to be near daybreak

hagaaoaonga

noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)

hagabaangoa

verb causing prostration

hagabela

verb provide bela for

hagabiigia

verb to make sticky

hagadaane

verb to act like a human

hagadaha

verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance

hagaduumaa

verb add a portion

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagalulu de langi

attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamouli

verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)

hagannamu age

eat a little of

hagapasa

verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai gainga

adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound

hau biho

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noun crown

hhali

verb scoop up (of solids only)

huaa gulu

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noun breadfruit

hulu

noun reactive hostility

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

laangai sahole

noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

langi haanau

noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)

leanga

noun bad person

llena

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

llie

noun the throat of the flying fish net

lligi

adjective fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small

llingi

verb pour out,spill out (sand)

maadegadega

noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.

maahaa

adjective daybreak

madalua maa dolu

number twenty three

madalua maa lima seene

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noun quarter

maduupaa

noun a type of string figure

mahana

adjective hot (weather)

mahulu

noun wakefulness

maili

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adjective fast; early

malua

noun female genital area

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over

mammamu

noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)

manu-mangamanga

starfish

manuhi

adjective hemorrhage

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

me boogia e de eidu

a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping

misi

adjective a sound made by sucking through pursedlips

mmadu

noun fishsp.: mojarrafish (= small sugimanga)

molimoli i tuu gaha

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

moosee

verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngaolo

adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)

noho gi lalo

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sit down

noho maadai

adjective sit quietly

odaadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)

paa de hoa

happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)

pai

verb a type of cloud formation like babaiangi

saelea

verb walkedupon

sali dodo

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verb bleed

sanga

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fornicate, have sexual intercourse

saugalo

verb stir

savini gee

run away

sese

verb walk

soa hagaaloha

noun a good friend

ssongo

stink

uhi daguu

turtle ribs, used as knives in rituals

vivi

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noun female genital area