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abaaba

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noun door

agau

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noun reef (the portion which is sometimes under water)

ao age

daybreak (become daylight)

baabaa gadea

verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)

baagia

verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap

badabaataianga

noun

bagibagi

noun

biigi laanui

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noun boar

bodu ode hine

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noun husband

boo hagadanu malama

the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain

bua

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noun a category of flowers that has five petals and a fragrant odor

buusi

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noun cat

daa gaiaa

verb to murder someone so that others don’t see

daane e manege

noun a person who is capable at almost anything

dada saiolo

adjective to hoist a sail

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dahi

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number one

dangau-dongi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dangi buada

adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile

daogave

noun a type of coconut tree

datada de galomada

twitching of an eye

daula baalanga

noun cable,wire (heavy)

denga meenaa

those ones (plural)

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dono

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pronoun his/her (for singular, inalienable noun)

duiduia

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noun thorn

duu dalo

noun piece of soft taro

duu-mmea

noun seacucumber sp.

duuduu manu

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

duugau

noun legs at the base of the canoe mast

ga vaa laa dangada

oh dear (that’s not good)

gaa de malala

gadunga

noun fire-plow

gatae

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fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)

gavada

noun a type of basket

gelu-hai-usu

unicorn fish

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

gubenga

noun large net for fishing

gumedi hadu

noun a bowl (pottery)

hadu-i-de-ssala

noun coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral

hagaaneane

verb console; excite sexually

hagadungu

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verb sniff, smell

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagaingoo ai

called by (named)

hagamaadau

noun a current which flows to the right

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamouli

verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

hai aoa ina

verb bear misshapen fruit

hai lodo

resentful

hale hai niho

dentist’s office

hhoa

verb crack open; break into pieces; cut a hole in

hidu-laangi

time noun sunday (’seventh day’)

holadage

adjective laid out or spreadout all over

holasa

noun a type of mat

i taiao

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in morning

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship)

ili taalanga

talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length

imu-mea

noun fishsp.: triggerfish

kana mai

watch your step around me

kii ange tanuaa

verb to make something better; to better

kona loo

too much

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

lama

noun a dry coconut leaf

lamu

verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longosaa

adjective small around, thin

lua lau

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number two hundred

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

maanadu bodobodo

adjective limited in intelligence

maanetonu

adjective act cautiously

madalua maa dolu

number twenty three

madania

noun finger

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

magimagi

adjective prone to illness

mogomogo ina

muscular

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

mother

tinana

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

muli sua hadu

reefward of the storm beach; beach rock

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngauda

inland of; landlubber

o

oha

break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin

ono-samono

time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

onodaa

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

pili

adjective be bored

saa

noun a share of food (esp. for children)

seene malili

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noun coins

sina

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noun white (or grey) hair (appearing in old age)

sogosogo

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orphaned

ssege tama

miscarriage

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tangada mange

now you’ve done it!

tilo ange

verb nurse; look after

tua

outside

uubiho

head-first presentation of a fetus at birth

vvede

to massage