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aahine

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noun female

alaa huu

those (there) only are the ones

amaau

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

anaboo nei

tonight (past)

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

baalasi ngago

adjective incubation of eggs (by a hen)

baanabu

noun stone (from banaba) used for trolling lure

bakau

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noun upper arm; wing

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

bao

noun room, compartment

bebee

adjective be flatulent

buu-ili

noun fish sp.

daemaha

adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagu age

say out loud

daholaa

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noun December

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

dau hala

verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dee nei

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noun this

dee savala

uninterested in; not enjoy

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

delaa tee madea

hard to tellapart from; resemble closely

dele de boialiali

daybreak

denaa loo

that was the one

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

doo tahulinga

adjective bad-mannered

dugu gee

put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others

gaba taiao

noun early morning

gabaduu

verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current

gada gimoo

adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)

gahoo

verb wear

gaibea

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noun crab

gaibea daane

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male crab

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galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

ganae oo

threadfin fish

gau de henua

natives

gelegele dea

verb sand

guao

noun the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore

haa-malama

time noun april

haanialo

verb a bracing cross-beam <>

hadu-i-de-ssala

noun coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral

hagaasanga

verb to create aasanga

hagabigi

verb strive to be like

hagabiiginga

noun way of making sticky

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadau gavange

adjective compete (between groups)

hagadonu

verb trust, believe; interpret; support as a witness

hagapago donu

fortunate result

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hai me hagamadia

behave in a more-or-less show-off manner

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hala a buadaia

noun a log used as a lever or fulcrum

hale haahine

noun a house of prostitution

hano laa uda

adjective go on foot

hegide

adjective see each other; meet up with

hhagi gee

turn away from (to avoid),veer

hilohilo me

adjective impure

holia

verb to form (something); make (something)according to some model or plan

idiidi

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noun April

laagau aalo saelenga

noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house

lahhie

noun firewood

lau manu

noun leaf of a plant

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lua-malama

time noun february (’second month’)

luu panava

noun scrotum (whole thing)

mada gelegele

noun male child

magi

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adjective sick

maili

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adjective fast; early

manadu

verb think

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

me hagaahulu

noun prepared food

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

moe danuaa

adjective die in peace

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

nabe

to look under the waistband or belt

ngadi humai

adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)

ngalue de gauvae

dislocated jaw

oluu

pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)

ono

noun fishsp.: barracuda

pada

adjective be coarse in texture, grain, weave, etc.

pili

adjective boring

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

sali tae

adjective intractable watery diarrhea

seni ange

rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)

sii valavala

adjective spray

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

ssaavale

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verb spit

ssili mada

to faint, be unconscious

ssogo

grated raw taro which has dried out

sula

verb arrive

tainaahine o dogu bodu

noun sister-in-law

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

uila

lightning, electricity.

unusaagi

deception

useahi

smoke, steam