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ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

alaa loo

those (there) were the ones

alaala

noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)

alohaha

noun throat (of fish only)

baasi madau

adjective right side, right-handed

baulia

verb figure out, determine

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

bungubungu

adjective plump

daabeduge adu ange

take a lot of

daane hebagi

adjective soldier

daasugi

verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail

dale gaiaa

verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run

daledale

verb repeatedly touch lightly

dama donu

noun a natural child

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangada ssigo

noun clever person

dau

pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)

de ngago

noun brain

de umu

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noun the cooking house

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

doli age

adjective obtain the smallest first

dungu iho

adjective smell oneself

ga dae laa huu

very, too much

gaiaadia

verb stolen

galo

adjective to show signs of being pregnant; a color change of fruit indicating ripening

gaveaa

verb taken;

gelu-hai-usu

unicorn fish

gubu dao

noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood

haangoda de lodo

to fish in the lagoon

haangoda dua agau

noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hadu tugi lau

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noun stone on which the pandanus leaf is smashed

hagaau gee

bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid

hagabala

verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)

hagabasaa

verb be talked into

hagabinga

verb name (something)

hagaboongia

verb remain somewhere until dark

hagabudu

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verb gather

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadino

verb provide a portion or share

hagaditidi mai de moni

a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)

hagaduu eidu

superstitious; to believe in ghosts.

hagaduugau

verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagamadagu

verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)

hagaoomea

verb to wait until oomea

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hagaui gee

avoid

hagi me

adjective pick coconuts

hai bodu

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noun married couple

hale hongagelegele

noun outhouse

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

hia

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how many

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

hoe pale

noun a type of canoe paddle designed for steering

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

ianga

verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger

inaho

noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)

ingo

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noun name

ivi a duimogo

pelvic bone

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kino ai

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verb hate intensely

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

lagohia

verb wounded

legalega

noun smallness

lele mouli

adjective surprised

leva saele

adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)

lilo

adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)

llao

verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole

maahuge

verb open (intransitive, pl.)

Example: Denga abaaba gu maahuge. (The doors are open.)

maanga-de-langi

noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)

maeva

adjective move from one place to another

magi nngali

verb any sickness leading to emaciation (e.g., t.b.); a wasting illness (terminal)

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

mahi bodo

adjective easily tired

mahole

adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)

malau

adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)

mammamu

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

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

manu

noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)

mau ange huu

usually

me abo (donu)

noun truth

me hai ada

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ngavesi

noun box,coffin,crate

nnoa nounu

verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it

nnoo hagamau me

insatiably acquisitive

olaa

a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

omada

noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)

pula

adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect

sele

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verb trap

sese

verb walk

singasinga

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verb to wave back and forth (as a coconut tree in the wind)

sou

a gust of wind

ssaga bau

tiimaa

noun ship

toogili

adjective wrinkly

veli

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noun sea urchin