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aala anaboo

verb stay up all night (pl.)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

abo donu

good (not evil or false); real; true; well (not sick); considerate; kind; generous

Speaker: Mina Lekka

aho

noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 8

ahu

noun islet

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 8

angaanga mada nia

fingernail

Speaker: Maynard Henry

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 14

baalanga mmea

copper, brass, reddish metal

Speaker: Mina Lekka

balu malau

noun fish sp.

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 20

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 20

biho ngaalulu

headache

Speaker: Mina Lekka

binge

adjective pink

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 25

daadaa

noun sweat

Speaker: Maynard Henry

daiao

tomorrow

Speaker: Mina Lekka

daina daane

noun brothers

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

dalogo

noun coconut ice cream made entirely from a young coconut

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

dangada hua dahili

noun singer

Speaker: Mina Lekka

deebele

noun tables

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

dehee

which

Speaker: Mina Lekka

denga meenei

these ones (plural)

dogi hoda

noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 60

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 63

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 64

duaanui

noun broom

Speaker: Mina Lekka

dubuna

noun grandparents; ancestors

Speaker: Mina Lekka

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 70

ga sui nei

verb wet, become

Speaker: Mina Lekka

gaadinga osi

a coconut selected as a seedling

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 77

galeve

alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm

Source: Johnny Rudolph

galo ahi

sparks

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 83

ganae

mullet

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 84

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

gano niho

gums of mouth

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 85

gapese

a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 79

gava-dea

reef heron - white phase

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 86

giligili

noun stone

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

giliini

adjective green

Speaker: Mina Lekka

gudu dangada

noun head louse, lice

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hadinga

noun crook of the knee or elbow

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hagadiba

incline to one side

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 129

hagaduu me

miserly

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 137

hagamanida

lift (something) up

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 181

hagao

verb buy

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hagaodea

the time at which it is midday

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 200

hai

verb do, make

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hala

noun pandanus plant

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hidu llau

number seven hundred

Speaker: Mina Lekka

hieunu

verb thirsty, be

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

honga

preposition on

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

hoou

adjective new

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

ilihia ssave

the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 250

kano mouli

fresh meat (including fish)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 97

lalo de vae

heel

Speaker: Maynard Henry

langa

verb weave

laohie

noun drought; dry weather

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

launui

noun coconut palm leaf

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

lima sisi

noun little finger

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

luu golee

noun testicles

Source: Mina Lekka

maailaba

noun September

maangalo

sweet

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 271

maasei

adjective small

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

madaanga hulu maa dahi

number eleven

madaanga hulu maa lua

number twelve

madaanga hulu maa siva

number nineteen

madahidu

number seventy

Speaker: Mina Lekka

magalili

verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

Speaker: Mina Lekka

magi haahine

menstruation

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 279

maimai

adjective sweet

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

malamalali

adjective becoming more and more malali

Speaker: Mina Lekka

mami

noun papaya; papaya tree

manu-solo-maanu

jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 288

momo

quantifier few

Speaker: Mina Lekka

moolau

adjective fast; early

moounga

noun mountain

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

ngalue mai

decrease

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 310

niho

tooth

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

niho gaina

teeth with cavities

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 304

noho gi lalo

sit down

Speaker: Mina Lekka

nooligi

a small knife

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 307

nui

noun coconut tree

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

nuui

adjective green

Speaker: Mina Lekka

saelea

verb walked upon

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 319

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 319

sao gainga

sweep or clean up trash

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 322

se biho

clever (scheme or trick)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 324

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 327

sinaina

verb having white hair

Speaker: Mina Lekka

sugi-laagoo

goatfish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 335

taina ahine odogu bodu

noun sister-in-law

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

taina gauligi ahine

noun younger sister

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

tamana odogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

tinana odogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

ua

noun neck

ua-mea

red-throated frigate bird

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 338

ubu

noun cup

uhi

to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 340

ulu-davage

Indian coral tree

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 341

uludino

shed skin (as reptiles do)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 341

umidi

adjective hungry for fish or meat

Speaker: Mina Lekka

vaasuu

verb like someone or something, feel affection for

Speaker: Mina Lekka

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Dictionary produced by Johnny Rudolph, Maynard Henry, Kurt Erwin, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
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