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adu

noun fishclub (priest)

adu laa

after tomorrow, the one after the next one

alaa donu

those there only

alahage

adjective wake up (from sleep)

aonga

noun sort or degree of daybreak

baadunga

noun punishment

baalasi

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verb press

basa degidegi

adjective speak disconnectedly with rage

basaa

verb be talked into

bula de ganomada

get mad

bupubu

adjective make a lot of noise (not vocal)

buu ili

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noun type of shell (Triton’s trumpet)

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dahido vae

noun the back of the thigh

dai

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noun lagoon, sea, salt

dala-moana

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dalaa manu

noun piece of broken glass

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

danu de bela

spade up taro plots, adding mulch

daogili

noun

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

de umu

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noun the cooking house

dee vasu

fearless (socially); inconsiderate

dele

verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)

dengadenga

verb having many denga

diibanga goo dii

a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")

dili dagidahi age

release one at a time or intermittently or sporadically

doli de henua

to defeat all comers

dono

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pronoun his/her (for singular, inalienable noun)

duai

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noun bench fitted with a tool to grate coconuts

dungagi ange

nod one’s head toward (to beckon orindicate agreement, etc.)

duu ngavesi

noun a cover of a box

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

edeemaua

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impossible

gaa

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verb burn (intransitive)

gaigai a usu

flatus

ganae-oo

noun fishsp.: threadfin

gango

adjective burned (overcooked food)

gano agau

noun reef (including land thereon)

gau lama

noun rachis of the coconut leaf

gini hua o hegau

to receive the rewards of work well done (or punishment for evil deeds)

goloa hai hegau

noun tools (for work)

goo

noun taro spade

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

guumanga

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noun arithmetic

haaele

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verb adopt, raise (a child)

hagabaa

verb to crack (as a nut)

hagabala

verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)

hagabudu

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verb gather

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagamao lunga

verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud

hagamau

verb to strive to become acquainted with

hagamuliagi

verb cause to be last

hagasugi ange

to use an abbreviated name or acronym

hai gainga

adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound

hai mainu

verb collect bait

hale gaainga

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noun hotel

hemuu

adjective talk to one another

hhao tuula

adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)

hoe pale

noun a type of canoe paddle designed for steering

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

huna

verb hide ; breechclout

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

kailu

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noun toad, frog

kangi baasi lua

adjective double-edged

kumi

verb to squeeze by grabbing

lau de madila

a tuna of fair size

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

limamalie

good at massaging

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

lodo llidi

adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)

lunga age

up a little

mada-galisi

the stem of the coconut

madalua maa siva

number twenty nine

madea

verb identify,recognize

malui

adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose

mamu-duagaa

noun fishsp.: stingray

manu

noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)

me maaguluaa

noun dislocated joint (of the body)

mmoli gee

haul away from

moso

noun black bird species (eats fruit)

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

mule

adjective slow; late

ngae

mollusk

ngau hala

verb bite someone

ngauda

inland of; landlubber

noho

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verb sit

noho baba

live peacefully

noho hagamaaiongi

adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)

ogo

verb pick up one at a time (by hand)

oo

adjective fit to (or into)

sali tae

adjective intractable watery diarrhea

sigale

scull (a boat)

singa gee

lean away from

taane haangoda

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noun fisherman

tea

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adjective white

tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

uu

milk

vakaa

be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation

vele

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verb to weed (a garden); to clear bush (overgrowth); to pluck (feathers)