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aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

adilo

noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire

adugau daane

noun part of the plug of the pandanus

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pronoun my (for plural, alienable noun)

ahangi

noun lagoon

alaa maa

those there were about (approximately)

alaa naa

those only

alohanga

noun a streak of smooth water in the sea

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

buu

adjective be greasy

daaloa

verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dagelo

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bottom, foundation

dagosala

verb death, die (of a person)

dahido lima

noun upper arm

dale pilo

verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly

dalo

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noun soft taro

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danu

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verb bury

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

deai ange soo laangi

i’ll get you

dee vaaseegina

hardly able to wait for

doo tahulinga

adjective bad-mannered

dulagi ange

look like

duu de --

adjective having plenty of

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duu nui

adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope

gaagaasia

verb rubbed against (of lines only)

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

gea

noun hawksbillturtle

gohu de me

become dark (with no natural light)

golee bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

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gu gide huu

spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)

gu odi mai ogu

i have done all i could

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagabiiginga

noun way of making sticky

hagabolo

verb to include in one’s will

hagadaguu

noun a small axe, hatchet

hagadanuaa

verb make good, lead a good life

hagadeai

verb cause to become non-existent

hagadungu

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verb sniff, smell

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagamademade gaiaa

adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamoe

verb put to bed

hagasogosogoisi

verb

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

haiadaligi

noun the eldest child of the eldest child

hanonga

noun trip1, journey

hebuihagi

verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close

hedogi

verb the sound of tapping

hobulaa

adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething

holi

shape of, form of

huaadangada

noun persons of a certain class or type

huadia

noun fishing pole

huahuaa me

noun

hui hala

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ripe pandanus

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iga-adagahi

noun fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)

kaa

noun mangrovecrab

kala

adjective fragrance (esp. of food)

lau henua

verb waves of sufficient size to wash overall land on the atoll; tidalwave

lie

noun lice eggs

loa mea

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noun red ant

maadau gina

noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maaili

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adjective fast

maanegabo

energetic

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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magau i de hiigai

ravenous

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

magi haahine

adjective menstruation

malemalemo

adjective

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fast

manavanava

adjective breathing

mangoo-dahola

noun fishsp.: blacktipshark

maunuunusi

adjective

mmae

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noun pain

moe

adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

ngaage

downtown.

ngalue

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verb move

ngalue mai

decrease

ngau

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verb chew

ngole age

use smallest first

ngudu-me

noun boundary of a taro plot

nngolo

adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)

odi/b

adjective gone, finished, usedup

oo

adjective fit to (or into)

saavale

verb spit,drool,sputum

seisei

pipefish

silasila

verb look around for

sou hahine

noun a steady, light gust of wind

ssii

broken into many pieces (as glass when dropped)

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noun younger sister

too gili

wrinkled skin (from age)

tuu mugamuga

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buttocks

uhi

to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts