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agule

verb pick head lice

ahi malo

noun mat wrapping for clothes

alaa donu

those there only

aovaa

noun hour

baalanga

noun metal (any kind)

basalia

verb be talked about (one person or thing only)

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

dahi laangi

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noun Monday

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

damana mai i daha

stepfather

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

dauagi

verb dry in the sun

daula de gona

noun a cord between the naval and the genitals

deai donu

adjective none at all

dee beaha

all rightit’s nothing

deehee

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how

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

denaa loo

that was the one

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

diha

verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict

dodo ina

bloody

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

dolu laangi

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noun Wednesday

duadonu

adjective luck, good fortune

dugu dagidahi

verb place (or leave off) one at a time

dui moni

noun a fleet of canoes (in line)

dunu

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verb cook

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

ga hia

how many will it be

gaalau

noun birdsp.: brownbooby

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

gano niho

gums of mouth

gave

noun the name of a name-group

giado madua

noun main outrigger booms

gidaadeu

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pronoun we (plural, inclusive)

goa

noun termite

gubulima

noun wrist

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagadogo number

verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagaloongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagamao lalo

verb humble,modest

hagasaa

adjective quarrel (like children)

hagasaele age

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

hagasoa

verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber

hai de biho

act smart (deviously)

hai gauligi

each child is somewhat different

hakide gee

spoil (a child)

hakii gee

<= kii gee>

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hano

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verb go

hhau

verb tie up,fasten by tying (wrapping)

hiloa

noun fishsp.

honohono

verb having hono in several places

iholia

verb useful for climbing down

inai

noun a type of mat

ise ngaio

noun needlefish

laamaloo

noun a divination result indicating bad fortune

llagu

verb claw

lolo

oil

lua-aligi

adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)

maalama

verb light (not dark),bright

mada duulanga

noun an important position (spatially)

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madaangahulu maa lima

number fifteen

madangi danuaa

noun fresh air

magau baubau

adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

malo

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clothes, cloths

mami age

taste (something) a little bit

manigangi

adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

masoasoa

adjective spacious

me dili uda

noun an ocean current which comes towards the atoll

me gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

me maimai

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candy

moe baubau

adjective sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

ngalo

verb forget

ngudula

noun fishsp.: snapper

niho ngalo

noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth

nnamu

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adjective filthy with food (i.e., hands after eating)

noho senga (adu)

adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)

omada

noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)

onge

famine

oo

noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

puli

verb grab up all at once

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

uaasei

a type of small knife

unusaagi

deception