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abo sala

adjective mean (by nature), unkind

agilau gee

extremely pugnacious

ahi dangada

noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)

angaanga

noun body

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

buu de mama

air filled with mama

daabeduge mai

bring a lot of

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dae de ua

have a good time

dahea iho

adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not

dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

dai deeai donu

almost none at all

dala hhua

verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)

dangi buada

adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile

dao malui

noun a spear with a hinged barb

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

de aha

which is it

dee hagaloongaa

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be quiet

diidegaehala

noun the sixth child of a couple

doo ai me

<= doo me ai>

dua gaahanga

noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)

dudu de niho

a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of

gaimee

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verb eat (intransitive)

gaogao

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hip

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goloa

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noun groceries, supplies

goloa hesuihagi

noun goods which are bartered

guani

noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)

gulabe

noun rectum

hada

shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house

hagadaalea

verb ; tiresome

hagadabena iho

verb prepare oneself, make oneself

hagadama

verb to treat as a child

hagaeligi

verb treat as an eligi

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagasoe ange

aim at

hai de hilihili

hold an election

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

hakiia

verb move (something) away completely

hale gaugau

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hale o de henua

community meeting house

henuu

noun placenta

hhoa de lae

to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

hoea

verb covered with sunburn blisters

honu de maasina

noun full moon

hua

verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)

hune

core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

ingo

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noun name

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kangi baasi lua

double-edged

kona odi

too much

laagau lui

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

langa de gubenga

to pull up a gubenga to store it away

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

laussoe

adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)

leva

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noun river

lote

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preposition inside (lodo+de)

maanuga

verb a wound1 or large sore (on the body)

mada gapua

noun lagoonward part of a gapua

malala

noun charcoal

malau

adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

manu ea

noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)

manu-a-luga

noun insectsp.: fruitfly

manu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga

noun serpentcucumber

massagalala

verb burned (food)

meabo

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adjective true

midia ange

dream about

moigaga

noun fibers of the coconut husk

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngadolia

verb to have ngado

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

ngago gaago

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noun chicken egg

ngau

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verb chew

ngaungau-ulu

noun

niigoi

verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)

nnamu hagaduugia

adjective stench

nngahu

noun fishsp.: damselfish

nngao dalinga

adjective hurting in the ears from noise

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

noho moso

able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)

nui

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noun coconut tree

oha de ganomada

to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work

sao gainga

sweep or clean up trash

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

saudia

verb be exposed to the wind (not sheltered)

segesege

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adjective slippery

ssao

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to sweep

taane haangoda

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noun fisherman

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tilo

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verb see, watch, find, seek out

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

uubiho

head-first presentation of a fetus at birth

vaaligiligi

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)

vvela

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adjective hot, warm