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aahee maa

about when (future); about how much

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

adu hale

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noun village (group of houses)

aloha iho

noun self-love

au ga humai nei

"i’m going on my way now..."

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

baageaa ange

attracted to

baageaa iho

adjective weakening (becoming weaker)

baalanga dua hale

metal roofing

bane

noun the flat top of the shark’s snout

basa hagassee

verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made

basa soe

adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)

bualeu

noun ovaries and fallopian tubes

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

bunibuni

adjective be more-or-less together

daa gaiaa

verb to murder someone so that others don’t see

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

dagodo mai

appear from yonder

dahea gee

drift away

dahu

verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire

dama dagidahi

noun the only child of a couple

daubeemala

verb a method of braiding flower headdressesor necklaces made from manu-mala

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

demeenaa

that one where you are

ditidi

adjective to skim across the surface of land or water

dongi de lae

a spot on the forehead

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

dui moni

noun a fleet of canoes (in line)

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

e hanu ana dama

have children

eu sege

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

gabaea mai

found hanged (suicide)

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

galu

noun viscous sputum

gau hadu

noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

gauea

noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

gava

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noun black bird species (eats lizards and fish)

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaau aloha

adjective poor (not rich)

hagahala

noun a sleeping mat

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagasengaa

verb make a total of ten million

hagatevea

verb <= hagatevelia>

hai de hagamaanadu

remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)

hai hua laa

do indifferently

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hale o de henua

community meeting house

hege

noun the name of a name-group

helii-lausedi

noun seaweedsp.

hilo hagamaasui

verb to braid sennit with the left hand;

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

honu

green turtle (2 varieties)

honua

verb filled with

hulo saaele

verb wander around

hune

noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

inau

verb to look for coconut crabs at night

inau

verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light

io alo

noun lower io, q.v.

kangi de maanadu

a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)

kave dahi

adjective do at one time

kii ange tanuaa

verb to make something better; to better

lau kena

adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color

lava hadu

noun leader (between fishing line and hook)

llanea

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

lodo ai

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verb (transitive; takes only nouns) want; need; like

luu gili

noun labiaminora

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

madeea

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verb recognize

magano

adjective overripe (of pandanus only)

malanga age

lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu ina

adjective <= manua>

maseu

adjective to scatter (when in a group)

massagaila

verb incompletely cooked

me dili dai

any current which flows away from the atoll

mmala

adjective sour; bitter

molomolo de biho

round-headed

momo loo huu

just a very little

mother

tinana

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

muumuu kaiaa

adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)

ngadi uaa

adjective assent to insincerely

nguu

adjective a faint sound, like humming

niho gaina

noun teeth with cavities

oo

pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)

sagea

verb to do something without regard for others (because one is excited)

salaboli

noun may

sausau

lion-fish

sii

adjective a stream or jet of water; dysentery

singilidi

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noun t-shirt

ssae de manava

struggle to breathe

tabuvae

noun toe

taina daane madua

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noun elder brother

tili

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verb send

vaivai

intensifier too; overly