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aahee naa

then what (distant future)

abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

alava

noun fish sp.: shark sp.

aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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aloha gelo

noun profound affection

amaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

anaa ai loo

those then are

anaa laa

these (there) which were there

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

baa sege

adjective carom off

beebaa

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noun book

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

daa sseu

verb a way of forming the body of a canoe

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

dagahi ange gi de --

serve as a side dish for

dagimomo

adjective few for each one

dahi seene

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noun penny

dai

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noun lagoon, sea, salt

daina haahine

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noun sisters

daladala

adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

danu de maasina

the setting of the moon

dau hoohanga

verb the season during which birds lay eggs

dibo

noun infant

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

doo de gulabe

prolapsed rectum

dua nnui

adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)

dumanu sala

adjective bad situation; poor in appearance

duu-hakaa

noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)

gabi saele

adjective carry around holding

galubu

noun a type of toy

gau mai vaga

noun <= gau mai moni>

gava-dea

reef heron - white phase

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

gidigidi

verb short

goa

noun termite

goinga

noun a boundary marker (of stone)

gu hagaola loo

just missed catching

guani

noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)

gulu koi

noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)

haa manu

noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)

hadugolaa

noun any stone of volcanic origin

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagaaoaonga

noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagamaaiongi

adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)

hagammidi

verb suction of a sea current, undertow

hai lodo

resentful

hakaa tuai

adjective to sharpen a coconut grater blade

hale maadenga

noun mortuary house

hhuda

adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hili gee

sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)

isiisi luu gauasa

to tear from limb to limb

kano maailaba

noun the wood next to the core of a tree

laho

aerial foot of the pandanus tree

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

laumalie

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adjective big

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

leu

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adjective ripe; the yellow color of softness of fruit (indicating ripeness)

libo

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adjective, verb drunk, get drunk (sg.)

lligi

adjective fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small

llou

hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

lodo kabi

verb filled to capacity

lolo

noun oil

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

ma

a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

madalima

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number fifty

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi nngahu

adjective asthma

malogahu

noun collared shirt

manigangi

adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

mao lunga

adjective high,high-ranking

maoli

a suspicion which proves to be true

masi

verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

me hanga dalogo

ingredients of dalogo

me holu

noun bow

me mmilo

noun current (in the sea)

molimoli ange

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

ngaage nei

gilbertislands

ngudu malie

eloquent (of a person)

noho senga (adu)

adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)

noodalo

duplicate

obe

noun eye of the taro corm

sali dodo

bleed

seeha deenei?

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what is this?

seene

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noun money

sege de gauanga

dislocated thighbone

senga manu

adjective stupid (like an animal)

tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)

vai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)