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aalohi

noun the portion of the atoll lagoon just lagoonward of the fringing reef

aha

verb what

anaa ange naa

about that (here) much more

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

baa huu i --

just like

baalanga mmea

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copper, brass, reddish metal

bagu

noun scab, crust

bangi dua beau

a certain way of pinching with the fingers

basa too gee

speak ungrammatically

bebe

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noun butterfly

biho ngaalulu

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headache

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

buu

adjective be greasy

daa taahili

adjective sing a melody

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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dabalahi

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adjective thin (fabric, paper, hair)

dalodalo

verb pray

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dangada gohu

noun ignorant person

daula sele nui

noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

dilo gaiaa

verb sneak a look

doi

verb stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps fromwhich perfume is made

doo mua

adjective very

dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

duu nui

adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gaagose

noun seacucumber sp.

gadunga

fire-plow

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gai ina

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verb eat this

gammenge-hai-gili-dabeo

noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma

gauligi mai ange

the one next younger still

gii talinga

tinnitus

gili dama

verb soft-skinned

gili iga

noun a type of high cloud

godi

verb to trim

gogoo

adjective

goloa baalanga

noun metal-working tools

gubu vae

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noun ankle

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

hadu goinga

noun boundary stone

hagaai

adjective be in a serious situation

hagaava ange

lean on someone for support

hagadino

verb provide a portion or share

hagaeligi

verb treat as an eligi

hagahula

noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hai gaiaa

verb use without permission

hai huaabodu

treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

hakai

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noun earring

hano kaba

adjective go immediately

heduu

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noun star

hiloa

noun fishsp.

hilohilo me

adjective impure

hinangalosaa

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adjective sad

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

hune

core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

huuhuna

adjective hide

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in morning

ihee

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where

kano made

adjective slightly aged meat

laangi hagamouli

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noun Saturday

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lua-aligi

adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)

luu gili

noun labiaminora

luu panava

noun scrotum (whole thing)

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

madalua maa lima

number twenty five

madaono

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number sixty

madea

verb identify,recognize

magulu

adjective defeated

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manu gulu

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breadfruit leaves

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manu-a-madaligi

noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)

massagalala

noun burned (food)

mau

adjective usual ; usually

maua laa

nevermind

mee hai ada

camera

modu gee

cut away from; separated from

moele

a lie

molimoli taula

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

muna o de henua

noun a community meeting (for listeningto speeches or instructions)

muu

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

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngalullulu

adjective shaky

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

paa

adjective explode,burst

pili

adjective be bored

pono

verb to close

saesaele

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

sau aloalo

verb echo

sese

verb walk

sogosogoisi

adjective

taigaa

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noun tiger

tangada hagaai

poor fellow!