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aadea moana

adjective unobstructed

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noun fire

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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baageaa

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adjective weak

baageaa ange

attracted to

baalasi de ada

to take a picture

baasi lua

having two useful sides

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

bela

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noun mud

bido abongi

capsize eventually

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

buusagi

verb an eddy caused by a current

daa age

go toward land (from the lagoon)

daa de alelo

cluck one’s tongue

daa taahili

adjective sing a melody

dae

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noun hand net

daina ahine

noun sisters

dama ssege

noun a foetus which has been aborted

dangadanga

adjective loose (not tight) ; sieve

daogoli

noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

daula de boo

noun a rope carried in the canoe (esp. at night) for anchoring or tying canoes together in case of strong wind

daulooloa

adjective long time

deehee

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diba

noun portion, share (of something); part (of something); fraction (in arithmetic)

diinonga-o-salo

noun fishsp.

dilimangali

verb to catch flying fish

doi-lesi

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore

dolo bala

verb to climb a coconut tree without using a rope (on one’s hands or feet) for assistance

duilaa

verb to be unable to attract members of the opposite sex

duu kolu

adjective stand bracing oneself

duu ngavesi

noun a cover of a box

duu podo

adjective do something at short intervals; often,frequently

gaasia

noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)

gadunga

noun fire-plow

ganomada

noun eye

gasogo

verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman

gave ua podo

geesaama

noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)

gelgele dea

sand

goloa

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noun groceries, supplies

hadu muna

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

hagaahe mai

adjective return to the fold

hagabuni ange

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verb have sexual intercourse with

hagadagodo

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to draft (a carving)

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hagalaagii

verb decorate, adorn; ornament

hagamadia

adjective show-off

hagamadua

verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)

hagasebaga

verb make a total of ten billion

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hakaa tuai

adjective to sharpen a coconut grater blade

hakino gee

filthy,disgusting

hale i lodo

noun ribcage, thoraciccavity

hano ahe

echo

haunu

verb <= hagaunu>

hhali lo te laagau

a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)

hhole

verb peel (something)

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hohhoo

adjective a sound made when surprised

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

hulo saaele

verb wander around

igauli

noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)

laangi adu laa

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noun day after tomorrow

laangi dabu

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noun Sunday

langadala tohi

noun a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind

legia

noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)

lima seene

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noun nickel

llibo ange luu vae

run

loada

noun sputum

lodo senga

adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

madaaolo

noun capital of

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

madamataia

verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

magi i de makama

menstruation

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

malo gahu de boo

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sheet, blanket

mangoo

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noun shark

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

me bouli

noun the deepest part of the lagoon

minede

noun minute

mmaunga

noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

moni dui

noun a canoe rigged for casting for tuna

ngago

noun brain; egg

ngaio-golai

noun fishsp.: needlefish

odiodi

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adjective long since finished, done or gone; long since, a long time ago

olaa

a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

osia

verb taken for planting

paa i tua tinae

have an empty stomach

salulu

adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)

siba

verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking

somo dae

fully mature coconut apple

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

vai doo

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noun waterfall