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aaunga

noun the incompletely burned earth oven fuel remaining when the oven is uncovered

adi

verb relate news or gossip

alo maliae

noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating

alualumia

verb sendaway

anei ange naa

about this much more

baa

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noun mollusk sp., pearl oyster

baageaa ange

attracted to

baba age

be decided about

bau

adjective to be worth it

bii o madahasi

a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night

boaa

verb be caught in a storm

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daa sseu

verb a way of forming the body of a canoe

daakodo

adjective be in place ; liedown

daina ahine

noun sisters

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dangaligi

noun type of basket

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

dau maagau

noun a period during which many people die

dee beaha

all rightit’s nothing

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

delaa ange maalie

that there is exactly right

dele de ada

dawn (first light)

denaa maa

that is about (approximately)

diba

noun portion, share, part, fraction

dolo-mea

noun spinystarfish

dolu

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number three

duadae

verb gullible, be a sucker

dubuna aahine

noun grandmothers

gaadinga osi

noun a coconut selected as a seedling

gada

adjective laugh

gadi

verb bite

galeve vii

noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy

ganava

noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)

ganimago

noun mollusksp.: malea pomum

gauligi daane

male child, boy

gede gabi de husi

noun a type of basket

haaina

verb stare at

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagabiho

verb cause to become a leader

hagabulumau

adjective watch your step climbing

hagadabeina

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verb prepared, be

hagadiba

verb incline to one side

hagaditidi de hadu

to skip a stone across the water

hagamadia

adjective show-off

hagamalemolemo

verb

hagame ange laa

a little later

hagangadimee

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hakai-a-bagila

noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.

halaasola

noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)

hale gaainga

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noun hotel

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

hola

verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

hulu

noun hair (on the body)

kave dahi

adjective do at one time

leva saele

adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)

lloba

adjective fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);

lodo basa

adjective talkative

maakau laa loo dangada

what a shame

maalo

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adjective very strong

maava

yawn

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

madaangahulu maa siva

number nineteen

madabuunoua

adjective become dull

madamataia

verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia

malau ngudu

noun lips

manu-de-hala

noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)

masausaua

verb be masausau

me hanga dalogo

ingredients of dalogo

me hhadu

noun falsehood,lie

me maaguluaa

noun dislocated joint (of the body)

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

molimoli

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to carry things repeatedly / in multiple trips from one place to another

muna hai alaa

oh my goodness

ngaiho

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noun north

ngalue de hakii

dislocated larynx

ngalue mai

decrease

noganoga

verb a method of plaiting mats

pala de langi

it’s raining

salu mai

make smaller by planing or scraping

se aha ga hai

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

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

sivi

adjective giveup

soa

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noun friend

solo

to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro

soosobo

adjective get up , jump up

sou

a gust of wind

sua aaleloi

a wrestling maneuver

taina madua ahine

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noun elder sister

tibidibi

tibidibi

noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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uila

lightning, electricity.

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear

vange

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verb give

vvede

to massage