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abitala

noun eave (of a house)

ago i me

copy, imitate

aladi

verb initiate, begin

baa huu i --

just like

badodi

verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)

bangi

noun a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

beea

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noun bear

biho

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noun head

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

buaalali

verb flood tide

bulubulu malo

noun rag

daadaanga

noun appearance of

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

dama de bialodo

noun deformed foetus

dangada gohu

noun ignorant person

dangada ulu

noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well

dangalebu

verb rough or choppy sea condition

dao

noun spear, branch of

dao bou

noun ridgepole support (end)

dau mamu

verb the season in which fish are abundant

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daula de boo

noun a rope carried in the canoe (esp. at night) for anchoring or tying canoes together in case of strong wind

dee laa

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over there

delaa donu

that there is it for sure

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

doi

verb stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps fromwhich perfume is made

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

dulivai

noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)

dumanu sala

adjective bad situation; poor in appearance

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duu-o-de-hine

anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)

duubaa

noun one half of an oyster shell

eba

noun a sleeping mat (child’s)

gaagose

noun seacucumber sp.

gabaea

to hang oneself

gadigadi gauvae

adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

galavagu

noun spongesp.

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

galeve

alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm

gali ange

wound around or tied or fastened very tightly

galo sugi mada

glimpse

ganae

mullet

gaua

verb to have enlarged lymph nodes

gelu-hai-usu

unicorn fish

gumedi de henua

noun a type of bowl

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hadu me llanga

lay out plaited work

hagadaguu

noun a small axe, hatchet

hagadau bale

verb cooperate; help one another

hagahebaa ngudu

adjective converse (conversation)

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagalegunga

adjective showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagili

verb speak (or sing) with phelgm in one’s throat

hai ngaohie

adjective easy

hano muhuu loo

let’s see...

hasi made

verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

hua ai

be inchargeof

hulu i de lenga

to paint one’s body with tumeric

hulu manu

noun feathers

ianga

verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger

ivi-a-duimogo

pelvic bone

kona loo

too much

laagii

noun decoration,ornamentation

lau kohu

adjective growing well (of plants)

levango

adjective fight

loba

noun a type of mat

maadai

noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

mada gapua

noun lagoonward part of a gapua

madi

verb to add organic material to the taro bog

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

mamu

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noun fish

me hagasahu vai

gutter (under the eaves of a house)

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

mmaolunga

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adjective high

muna abo (donu)

noun truth

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

nnoa

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verb tie

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

ono laangi

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noun Saturday

saba

verb capable (of a person)

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

saunga

adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

singa sogosogo

adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself

solo luu lima

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verb wash hands

taane haangoda

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noun fisherman

taina daane odogu bodu

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noun brother-in-law

tuu mugamuga

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buttocks

vaasuu ai

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adjective steadily ‘like someone or something, feel affection for’ cf. vaasuu

vaii doo

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noun waterfall

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear