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aalanga

noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)

aamuli

noun descendants (in all inferior generations)

alo-uli

adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)

ao de me

noun daytime

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

bido muna

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noun word

boaa

verb be caught in a storm

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

daa (dau)

chanting (of old chants)

daabeduge adu ange

take a lot of

daane honu

noun a person of many accomplishments

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

dago

noun ritual activities,religious activities

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

dango

noun cat’s-eye (of a shell); operculum of a gastropod

daulooloa

adjective long time

deai me ao ai

useless

dee gagu

adjective uncouth

denei ai

therefore (with respect to this here)

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

dubua

noun a person of extraordinary ability

gabuibui

noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)

gaha dea

adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)

gai me

adjective eat food

gava

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noun black bird species (eats lizards and fish)

gilaau

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pronoun they (dual)

guaha

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why

haale

verb adopt, raise (a child)

haangoda ina

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hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagadaahao

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verb play

hagadau doolohi

verb chase each other

hagadubuna

verb treat as dubuna

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagahala

a sleeping mat

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagaingoo

verb give a name to, named, called

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagallongo de lau nui

to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagasaele age

adjective make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)

hagasahu

verb to catch water (in something)

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hai ange

do to; do for, fix; say to

hai madangi

adjective passwind (flatus)

hale hadu

noun a house of brick or cement construction

hasi

verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk

hine duuhua

noun unmarried girl

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

hongagainga

adjective urinate

ina gi hale

noun a row of thatch

kivi

adjective skinny (people, animals)

laagau lui

noun a cross (e.g., of wood)

lalo

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preposition under

langona

adjective heard,felt

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

llingi

verb pour out,spill out (sand)

lodo ai loo

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verb wish for

luu ogu

pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

luu oogu

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pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

maatala

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adjective easily unfastened or untied

madalua maa lima seene

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noun quarter

madamada

adjective half-cooked

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

magona

adjective extraordinary,outstanding,unusual

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu laosedi

noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

me duu

noun clitoris

me hagaahulu

prepared food

milosanga

the way in which a current flows

moigaga

noun fibers of the coconut husk

molomolo de biho

round-headed

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

noho mai (adu, ange)

resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)

oda

eat something raw

ouaa

adjective yes certainly

pensele

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noun pencil

poo

adjective grab or catch in a single act

saalohia

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verb hungry, be

seene

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noun money

sege de gauanga

dislocated thighbone

sengaa

numeral tens of millions

sila

verb look for

silivaahea

wander about with no fixed abode

soe daa dahi

straight as can be

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

talaa gamu

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piece of coral

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tamana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandfather

tangada ssele

stupid ass!

uli

adjective black

ulu-dugi

hawk fish

vai

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noun liquid, water

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)