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aagai

adjective continually wanting to eat

abi

noun fish sp.: tang

aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

alaa ange maalie

those there are exactly right

alamoi

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noun June

aloo anahee

for how long has this been going on

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

bagua

noun plant sp.: tree sp.: pandan tree (pandanus dubius Spreng.)

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

basa

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verb speak

basa gelo

speak sagely

bonaa ua

noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck

boo hagadanu malama

the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain

buni ange lodo

paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack

daa sseu

verb a way of forming the body of a canoe

dae maduu

noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net

dagahi ange gi de --

serve as a side dish for

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)

dali

verb wait for,along with

dao hadu

verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

delaa tee madea

hard to tellapart from; resemble closely

denaa sili

that is enough

denei au

it is i

dili

verb shoot at; shine (e.g., a flashlight) on; letgo, throwaway, lose something; disregard; steady beating (as of a heart); a steady stroke (as of an adze)

dinihu

verb industrious, hardworking

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

duagi

verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)

dui manu

noun a line of flying birds

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows

gadigadi gauvae

adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)

gaha paa

adjective a coconut with a small kernel

galani

adjective almost finished, nearly finished;

galo ahi

sparks

galubu

a type of toy

gano niho

gums of mouth

gauea

noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

gili malanga

verb a type of skin disease

gili sau

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verb undress

goinga

noun a boundary marker (of stone)

guanga

noun a type of basket

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

haa-laangi

time noun thursday

haangoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hagaditidi vae dahi

hop on one foot

hagaduu eidu

superstitious; to believe in ghosts.

hagahebaa ngudu

adjective converse (conversation)

hagamoolaua

verb cause to hurry

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagasaalunga ange

call (someone) by the name of his name-group

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagassui

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verb urinate (piss)

hagatanu iho

adjective take a nap

hanange

adjective go to

hanga

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noun coconut husker

hanngoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).

hano ge

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verb leave

henua mounga

noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)

hhuge age malo

lift up one’s skirts (to expose one’s genitals)

hinangalosaa

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adjective sad

ianga

verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger

ila

verb? a mole (not raised), or other permanent black spot on the skin

inaho

noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)

kai

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noun story (fictional, such as a fairy tale)

kano mouli

adjective fresh meat (including fish)

kiange tanuaa

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adjective better

kobu

adjective splash (once)

laangi adu laa

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noun day after tomorrow

lango

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noun house fly

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

llama

verb fish for flying fish (at night)

llena

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

lodo gaiaa

competitive, envious, desious of retaliating

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

maa

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noun mother (informal)

maahe

adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)

mada duai

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coconut husking bench

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mada gide

adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things

mahamaha

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adjective beautiful

mahuge

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verb open (intransitive, sing.)

Example: De abaaba gu mahuge. (The door is open.)

malo gahu

adjective shirt

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

ngaadahi

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adjective both

noho

verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated

noho donu

adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)

ono

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pronoun his several, her several, its several

saba

verb be in a precarious position

saniba

noun fishsp.: silversides

sege

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verb to slip, slide, ride or surf

singano

verb the flower of the pandanus tree

soaa lodo

noun the paddlers of a canoe which is engaged in catching flying fish

ssuugulu

noun school

suusu

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noun shoe

tangada hai sauaa

magician, sorcerer

uhado

large white worm species