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aahu

adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish

ago i me

copy, imitate

ahangi

noun lagoon

anga dua

adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle

baabaoa

verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)

badii

noun fish sp., scad?

balagia a de gaga

noun fish sp., parrot fish

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

basa ange

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verb answer; talk to

bido gamu

uselessly short

bido muna

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noun word

bigo

adjective bent; bedridden with illness

bonaa ua

noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

buubuu

verb divination

daabeduge mai

bring a lot of

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

daelodo dau

noun a large enough number to "count"

dai deeai

almost none

dangaloa

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earthworm

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

denei maa

this is about (approximately)

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

dino boo

noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset

dua gi lunga

thicker (line or rope, etc.)

duai

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noun bench fitted with a tool to grate coconuts

duu de --

make a string figure

duu hakaa

noun a piece of coconut husk

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duudae

noun feces

ga dae ai

until

gainga o de moana

fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)

ganae

mullet

ganimua

noun the eldest child of a couple

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

gii age

cry out softly

goloa de henua

noun gear of local manufacture

gu gide huu

spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)

gu malaia donu

to have been lucky

gubu vae

noun foot,ankle

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadaemahadia

verb put too much weight on

hagadagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagaduu i luu goo

hagalaangaa

verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)

hagalilo

verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagapago donu

adjective fortunate result

hagapuuninga

noun a total of

hai bodu

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noun married couple

hano gi de maalama

transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form

hanolia

verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hilo

verb mix; braid strands of sennit

hinangalomalie

adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world

huaa gulu

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noun breadfruit

huge

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verb open (transitive)

ina gi hale

noun a row of thatch

ina-gi-hale

noun a row of thatch

kaa

noun mangrovecrab

kano

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noun penis

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

kave dahi

adjective do at one time

kii ange

increase

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lagolagohia

verb wounded in several places or all over

langa de gubenga

to pull up a gubenga to store it away

langi moni

noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come

lele biho

adjective dive head first

llahi

adjective thin (pl.)

maamasa

adjective

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madohi

adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point

mahana

adjective hot

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manu

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noun March

manu gulu

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breadfruit leaves

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manu-a-madaligi

noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)

nehu

verb clear (in focus)

ngadi humai

adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)

ngau

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verb chew

ngudu malie

adjective eloquent (of a person)

nnoa

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verb tie

noho hhanga

adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart

ou

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yes

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

pii

adjective splashed,sprinkled

saalohia

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hungry (antiquated word)

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

sigidaumaha

verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

singilidi

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noun t-shirt

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

taina ahine odogu bodu

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noun sister-in-law

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)