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abulu

adjective sink (until submerged)

ahiahi

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noun evening

alelo-hatuli

noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell

aoa

verb misshapen fruit

ava

noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)

baa hagasalau

adjective make contact with while not aligned

baa i de madangi

be hit (usually forcefully) by wind

bido dagi

follow in order to spy on

buuganga

noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose

daa de masavaa

time’s up it is time for...

daane sauaa

noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)

dabu

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adjective holy; sacred

dai deeai donu

almost none at all

dalaa ubu

noun charcoal from the coconut shell

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

dangii

noun fishsp. (= small valu)

danu de bela

spade up taro plots, adding mulch

demeenaa

that one where you are

dii

verb shine (sun)

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

dogi hakolona

noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)

dohi lau

verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)

duadonu

adjective luck, good fortune

duilaa gee

to be exceedingly unsuccessful with members of the opposite sex

duu-hakaa

noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continueupon

duula

noun the direction from which the wind blows

duunga gima

half of a clam shell

gaba

adjective flap (as wings)

galevaleva

noun birdsp.

gau lama

noun rachis of the coconut leaf

geegeno

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noun crocodile

giliini

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adjective green

gubu dolo

noun a joint of the sugarcane

gudu dangada

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noun head louse, lice

haangoda de boo

a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

hagaasanga

verb to create aasanga

hagabela

verb provide bela for

hagadubu dinae

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)

hagamaadua

verb be oldest among

hagamaalama

verb brighten,illuminate

hagamadaagi

verb to teach someone to madaagi

hagamadua

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

hagao gi daha

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verb sell

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hagi me

adjective pick coconuts

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verb do, make

hai me gaiaa

to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)

hale de henua

noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)

hano i luu moana

die (a person)

hedaadoi

adjective collide

hevaalogi

adjective the screaming of many people at the same time

hhali gee

scoop out

hoa

noun side (of humans), below the hips

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

iloo

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verb know

laaga

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noun November

laagau

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noun wood

lalo de vae

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lamallie

adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)

langadia

verb able to remain afloat with a load

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

langona

adjective heard,felt

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

loada

noun sputum

lodo hinangalosaa

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depression (feeling)

maadau daabasi

noun a type of fishhook

maalie

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adjective slow

madamada

adjective half-cooked

mahidi

adjective separated from and curled up from

mahu

adjective healed (of a sore)

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

maoli

noun a suspicion which proves to be true

masole ange

barely scratched

me boogia e de eidu

a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping

milo gee

to turn the opposite way

misi

adjective a sound made by sucking through pursedlips

mmasa

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adjective dry

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

naba i de muna

converse earnestly

nanua

verb the object of a complaint

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngudu leidi

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

o

odi iho

just finished

oou

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yes

pono

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verb close

se hia

just how many

se ungaa husi gee

do something different from thatwhich was intended

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

ssae de hine

to deflower a girl

tudae

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verb defecate (shit)

unusaagi

deception