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adu

noun ant

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alaa laa

those (there) which were there

alamooi

noun june

alohaai

verb love intensely

anailaa laa

it was today that

au hagi

verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef

baabaa tugi lau

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noun log on which the pandanus leaf is smashed

baageaa iho

adjective weakening (becoming weaker)

baalanga

noun metal (any kind)

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

beebaa

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noun book

boli

verb take special care of

dagamanga

noun path, route

dagua

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verb say

dahu

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

damaa-manu

noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)

dangada hai valaai

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noun shaman; someone who does traditional medicine

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

deai se laangi

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never

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dono

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pronoun his/her (for singular, inalienable noun)

doo lalo

verb unsuccessful

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

duu dalo

noun piece of soft taro

duu mmea

sea cucumber species

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

ga sui nei

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verb wet, become

gaaui

verb take (someone) along (with one) (esp.carrying, etc.)

gabugabu

shore

galasi

galo gila

goatfish

gamua

verb covered with gamu

gida ma gida

each individual...

gili maalama

verb light-skinned

gimaau

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pronoun we (dual, exclusive)

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

hadu-uli

noun coralsp.: bluecoral

hagabaagava

verb to threaten violence

hagadabena

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verb prepare

hagadabu

verb restrict

hagadibalia

verb cause to tip to one side

hagadili

verb produce offspring

hagadino

verb provide a portion or share

hagaeligi

verb treat as an eligi

hagamaasei ange

make smaller (away from one)

hagangaue

verb move (something)

haganna

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to calm down someone who is excited or unhappy

hai uaua

verb dilated veins

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hale hagao me

store

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

hidi bido dane

slow-moving or slow-working person

hine

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noun female; woman

holasa

a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]

hudi

noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree

hulu

noun reactive hostility

idiidi

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noun April

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

kii iho

adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)

laangai buusagi

noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

lava

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rich

lima

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hand

lima laangi

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noun Friday

lodo gaiaa

competitive, envious, desious of retaliating

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)

loimada

noun tears

longaa

adjective annoyed by noise

longo

adjective hear, feel; news

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

ma

a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’

maalava

the fatty part of the turtle

madalima

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number fifty

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malau

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

mammami

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adjective delicious (general)

manu hao vai

noun a bottle (of glass)

manu-de-hala

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

manu-kono

noun pigeon

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

me hagasahu vai

gutter (under the eaves of a house)

ngago

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noun egg

ngudu leidi

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

nnadu

verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)

omaau

pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)

saaliba

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

sai moni

noun a fleet of canoes

sali ssaavale

verb salivate

se me pilo aha

don’t bother

sisi lima

verb longhand (writing)

ssongo

stink

tane ga haibodu

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noun groom

tilo

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verb see, watch, find, seek out

tilo ange

verb nurse; look after

tilo ange

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verb raise

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

tugilima

noun elbow

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

uuvae

feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth