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adu

noun ant

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ahu

noun islet

aigimea

noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

bini dali gadaha

a method of braiding dali into string to make a bird snare; six-ply braiding (of rope)

bini daubeemala

verb a method of making flower headdresses

bole

adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

buge

noun a bump on a tree trunk

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

buni de ua

to be very thirsty

buni lunga ma lalo

a pitch black night

dagadagasala

verb be always blamed for

dagisoa

adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dangage

verb raise one’s head up or back

danuaa ai loo

well, ok (this time, but next timewatch it)

danuaa sili

adjective good enough

dao tili

noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached

daogave

noun a type of coconut tree

daogubu

noun waist, circumference

dau makaga

adjective tightly stretched (not slack)

dau masa

noun the season during which tides are lowest

delaa sili

that there is enough

demaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for singular noun)

denaa muhuu

how about that one

dibo

noun infant

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

doo de gai me

miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)

duadonu

adjective luck, good fortune

duumono

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)

ga-hudi

banana

gabinivali

a kind of ancient song

galavalava

the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

galo saele

adjective look around (moving one’s body about)

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gannui ina

white (of the portion of a woman’s thighshidden under her sarong)

gano agau

reef (including land thereon)

gau hadu

noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

gauanga mahagi

noun dislocated thighbone

gavange

adjective give or bring to (someone)

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

gu malaia donu

to have been lucky

gu soe donu

unmistakably, for certain

hadi bodo

noun breaking of waves at short intervals

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagaioo

verb cause to give

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagallogo

verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)

hagallongo de lau nui

to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves

hagasugi

verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname

hagateve

verb bristle, ready for a fight (of animals)

hagatolongia

verb slack off completely on (a rope)

hagavagavaga

verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death

hai ngaohie

adjective easy

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

henuu

placenta

hhano gi daha

to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well

hidi taelodo

adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement

hine duuhua

noun unmarried girl

hologumu

adjective (for a fish) to swallow a hook so that it becomes stuck in the throat

hua-dolo

noun plantsp.: vine (any sort)

iai

adjective be (present),have,there is...

kano de langi

noun a blue and cloudless sky

labu manu

adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)

lae

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noun forehead

langi moni

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

laohie

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noun drought; dry weather

leengia

verb jump on; be flown into

liagi

verb dump, throwout (discard)

llahi

adjective thin (pl.)

lligi

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

lodo gi me

adjective acquisitive, covetous

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

luu ogu

pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

ma te hakii

the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity

mada nia

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finger

madamataia

verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia

mai i daha

from outside

malanga

adjective lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from ; separated from

manu

noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)

me hagasili

noun a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)

me hhadu

noun falsehood,lie

me vae

noun shoes,slippers

meamea --

adjective becoming red

mmala

adjective bitter, sour; unlucky

ngavesi haangoda

noun fishing tacklebox

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

obea

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verb to have an eye (of a taro corm)

ono

noun fishsp.: barracuda

pelaani

verb fry

sau makaga de madangi

the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction

senga

crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

sila

verb look for

sisi gaadinga

to cut copra

tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)

tubuna daane

noun grandfather