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aalo

verb come by paddling

adudau

noun sandspit

ahi tugi

noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bili

adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)

bilibili-hadu

noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

boobosu

adjective

buugani

adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)

daalanga

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noun story (non-fiction)

dada saiolo

adjective to hoist a sail

dahu

verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire

dalanga a kai

a story which is not true

dangage

verb raise one’s head up or back

dango de langi

downpour (of rain)

danu bela

adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)

daohi age

donate,contribute

daumaha daahili

noun song service (in church)

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

denei naa ()

this will be it. (will this be it)

dige

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verb (transitive and intransitive) rotate

dogi

noun adze; a tapping movement

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

doo ma gu...

fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify

duu bale

verb not quite vertical

duugia i de gai

be tired of eating a particular kind of food

duulale

noun a type of game

ege iho

adjective lower (something)

gai de henua

noun native food (not imported)

gaini

any lattice-like arrangement

gau lama

noun rachis of the coconut leaf

gelemea

noun a by-product of the tumeric-making process

gimaadeu

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pronoun we (plural, exclusive)

goinga o tai

noun high-watermark

goloa haangoda

noun fishinggear

gooluu

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pronoun you (dual)

gu soe donu

unmistakably, for certain

gubenga

verb a large net for fishing

hadu me llanga

lay out plaited work

hagadania

verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit

hagamaa

verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagame ange laa

a little later

hagasengaa

verb make a total of ten million

hagatoo donu

verb promise, contract1 with; swear to the truth of

hai me gaiaa

to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)

hai me galasi

to steal after having sort of asked for

hailu

verb wipe oneself (after defecating)

hale baabaa

noun frame house

hale nnoa

noun prison,jail

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

haunu

verb <= hagaunu>

henua gai dangada

noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)

hevaalogi

the screaming of many people at the same time

honga de mouli

during the lifetime of

honga iainei

at this time,these days

kii ange

verb increase

koe

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pronoun you (singular)

laaigi

noun a driftwood plant sp., with an aromaticsap which is used for perfume

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

lalo ade

solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)

lava sili

adjective good enough; stop

llaga

verb take a single step

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

lua-malama

time noun february (’second month’)

luduludu

verb trembling

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

mada hoodanga

noun a depression on the windward reef

maga tau hoe

to paddle (a canoe) vigorously

magalili

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adjective cold

mahagi

adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)

maimai mai

become maimai

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

maluu

verb soft

manu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga

noun serpentcucumber

matoloia

noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)

mau goloa

rich in material possessions

me osi

noun a coconuttree seedling

modo

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adjective unripe

momme hai lua

a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found

moni lele

airplane

mouli

adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)

mui

verb gathered around (something)

muli mai loo

much later

nabe

verb to hook under the waistband or belt

noganoga

verb a method of plaiting mats

nohoanga hodooligi

the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

oo tanga

adjective too big (clothes), spacious

saelea

verb walked upon

se me pilo aha

don’t bother

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sege de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

singa mai (adu, ange)

come carrying

ssala

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verb find

ssii

a hissing sound used to indicate disapproval

ssoi

to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)

taadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)

taau

pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)

umu

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noun cooking fire, cooking area

vai nui

coconut water from a mature brown coconut