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aahee donu

exactly which

abiabi

verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers

ahe ina

wind around completely once

alamooi

noun june

angaanga

noun body

baba age

be decided about

baba donu

adjective properly settled

badai gee

extremely meddlesome

bane

noun the flat top of the shark’s snout

daadaanga

noun appearance of

dabanimeeli

adjective payment for medical treatment

dagu

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noun axe

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

daiao

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tomorrow

daogave

noun a type of coconuttree

daudonu

adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken

de hia

which number

deai

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no

deainga

noun nothingness

dee heloongoi

adjective misunderstand one another; mismated (not matched properly); not fit; not able to get along with

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

demaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for singular noun)

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

dogu

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pronoun my (for singular, inalienable noun)

duudae baa

the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook

gabia

verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)

gainanga

verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gelgele dea

sand

gelu-agau

noun fishsp.: tang

gelu-hai-vaelo

noun fishsp.: tang

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

golee bukaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

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goobai lau

noun a hat made from pandanus leaves

goohunga

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

hagabaa

verb to crack (as a nut)

hagadaga age

improving

hagadiingia saele

verb to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagaodea

the time at which it is midday

hagassui

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verb urinate (piss)

hai aoa ina

verb bear misshapen fruit

hai aoa ina

bear misshapen fruit

hai daalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly

hai damana

adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)

hakadanga

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adjective funny, silly

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hhanga dalogo

adjective to make dalogo

hhao

verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)

hhao tuula

adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)

hhuge iho

adjective an opening in the clouds

holadage

adjective laid out or spreadout all over

huaa me

noun coconut (for drinking)

hue

noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)

hulidonu

adjective rightsideout (clothes)

ieiange

adjective

langi haanau

noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)

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noun group of long pieces of timber

llohi

verb erosion of sand or soil (esp. of the beach by wave action)

ma hee

where else

maaguluaa

adjective dislocated (joint of the body)

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

maga de gau dogi

masturbate (of males only)

magalili

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adjective cold

magi

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adjective sick

mahuda age

wakeup

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

me dili dai

any current which flows away from the atoll

mmala dana (dagu) maanga

lose his (my) appetite

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

mouli dangada

noun delinquent person (periodically exhibiting bad behavior)

ngago

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noun brain

nnamu

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adjective filthy with food (i.e., hands after eating)

nohoa

verb occupied

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

odi iho

adjective just finished

osi

verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

ouaa

adjective yes certainly

paa

adjective explode,burst

pala ivi

adjective work beyond one’s endurance

poo

adjective grab or catch in a single act

saganaa iho goe

watchout

sangatai

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

sau

noun

sau aloalo

verb echo

sauvalovalo

verb echo

savini

adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)

seesee

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verb walk

semada

numeral tens of thousands

siba

verb move to one side (involuntarily) whilewalking

sii tae

diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)

soe

adjective straight, not crooked; level

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

unusaagi

deception

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leg, foot