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verb learn, teach

alasala

adjective vicious

bagekege

verb move jerkily (as when stumbling)

bedi

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adjective fat

biigi laanui

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noun boar

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

boobosu

adjective

bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry tree; Morinda citrifolia L.

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bulada

noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)

buubuu

verb divination

daaea

noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)

daemahaanga

noun heaviness,sadness,unhappiness

dahea gi lalo

sink (completely)

dama daohi

noun an adopted child

dee hagabaulia

underestimate,misjudge

denei ai

therefore (with respect to this here)

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

dogi hoda

noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like

dolo

noun the name of a name-group

duasala

adjective hardship,difficulty

duiaanga

noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object

duu de --

make a string figure

duu de gona

umbilical hernia

duuaa

verb to be in trouble

duusaba

noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)

gai de henua

noun native food (not imported)

gai modo

verb eat when still unripe

gamedi vai salo

a type of bowl

ganimago

noun mollusksp.: malea pomum

gannui mada balabala

gannui which is soft and mushy

goluu

pronoun you (dual)

hagaada

verb give a picture to

hagaaoa

verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)

hagabuulei

verb put a ring on (someone)

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagaloma de me

calm weather, with no noise

hagamalo

verb provide clothes for

hagammene dua

verb go backwards (esp. a canoe)

hagaodi

verb end of (e.g., time)

hagaodia

verb finish up, be last

hagasau madangi

verb to be exposed to the wind

hagasoa

verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber

hagasomo de alelo

stickout one’s tongue

hai de biho

act smart (deviously)

hakide gauligi

adjective spoil children

hano de leebunga

run (of a color); fade (of a color)

hedaadoi

adjective collide

hhadi

verb snapped off

hhola

verb hola at one time

hulu

noun hair (on the body)

iholia

verb useful for climbing down

laangaa

verb to plait completely

laanui

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adjective big

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lagohia

verb wounded

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lehu

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noun ash(es)

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lluhe

noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

lodo

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preposition, noun inside

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luu olaadeu

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pronoun their (for dual, inalienable noun)

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

mada hoodanga

noun a depression on the windward reef

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

mada-galadi

noun fishsp.: jack

madaanga hulu maa valu

number eighteen

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madea

verb identify,recognize

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

malala

noun ashes

malala

noun charcoal

manavasaa

adjective scared; afraid

matoloia

a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit

mmala

adjective sour; bitter

momo loo huu

just a very little

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

mouli danuaa

easy living, a good life

muna hai alaa

oh my goodness

namu

noun mosquito

ngadi vai

noun a coconut shell used for water storage(on fishing trips)

ngaiho

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noun north

ngii

verb a high-pitched sound

ngudu gaiaa

verb charlatan

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verb sit

oda

verb eat (something) raw

oohia

verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

seaha

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what

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

seni iho

adjective take a nap, stay overnight (away fromhome)

siisii

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noun fishing pole

sobaga

noun fishsp.: tang

soosoa

noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)

ssili mada

to faint, be unconscious

sugi-laagoo

goatfish

tangada ssele

stupid ass!