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aahee loo

when (distant future)

aalali

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

ageli

verb pick head lice

ala anaboo

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verb stay up all night (sing.)

baalanga

noun metal (any kind)

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

bole

adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)

boolaa ange

say boolaa to

bunibuni

adjective be more-or-less together

buubuu

verb divination

daa gi magau

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verb kill

daakodo

adjective be in place ; liedown

dagodoanga

noun expose oneself to the sun

dagu

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pronoun my (for singular, alienable noun)

dalabaimanugadele

adjective sharp (as a knife)

dale gaiaa

verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

dangidangi keli

adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech

daohi age

donate,contribute

dili bala

adjective collapse (of persons)

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dola

adjective erection (of penis)

doo de --

transfer of a string figure from hand to hand

dui moni

noun a fleet of canoes (in line)

duulua

noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)

gada-laagau-ngauda

noun fishsp.: rudderfish

gadunga

noun fire-plow

galaahuu

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noun cheek

gango

adjective burned (overcooked food)

gede aola

noun a type of basket

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

gidigidi

verb short

gogoo

adjective

goloa hai umu

noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

hagaaduadu dangada

verb critical of others

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaava ange

lean on someone for support

hagadaga age

improving

hagadahea

verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe

hagadania

verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit

hagadau iloo

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verb know each other

hagadogaa dangada

adjective embarrass people by one’s actions

hagadolu (ina)

verb make a total of three

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagahana age

recook for several days

hagaioo

verb cause to give

hagakii dalinga

adjective producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something very sweet is eaten

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagamadagu

verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)

hagamadua

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

hagamaiana

adjective

hagammidi

noun suction of a sea current, undertow.

hagasugi

verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname

hagatulu mai

ooze out

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai de ama

to have a spouse

hegahega

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lung

hhoa de usu

to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds

hhui age

eat a snack

holo gumi

adjective

kai, dalanga

story

kano avaavaa

verb porous

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

lava

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rich

lima lau

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number five hundred

lou aama

adjective the submerging of the outrigger float

loulou

verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

maaniha

adjective strongly desirous of

magini

a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

mahagi

adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)

mahuda age

wakeup

malo-ngiso

noun driftwoodsp.

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

mammamu

noun fish (in children’s speech only)

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

manu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga

noun serpentcucumber

massaganga

verb to be very dry

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

me hai ada

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camera

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

mmano

adjective thousands

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

ngae

mollusk

ngudu aahua

islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)

niho hagadolo

noun incisor teeth

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

ono laangi

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noun Saturday

pili

adjective boring

sai

noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)

sausau

noun fishsp.: lion-fish

seaha

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what

senga

adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

sigi de hagahala

a technique of finishing a mat edge

ssala

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verb find

sugi-laagoo

goatfish

udua

promontory, peninsula

uhe

wasteful of taro when peeling it

valaai hagasili lodo

a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion