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amaadeu

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

angaange magau

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noun dead body

baledilo

verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

basabasalia

verb be talked about frequently

boaa

verb be caught in a storm

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

buu

adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of

daabeduge

verb work seriously

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

daaemai

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verb arrive

dabeo

verb unclean,unkempt

dagabe

noun fishsp.: snapper

dahea iho

adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not

dalepagi

adjective fight hand-to-hand

damaa hine

noun girl,young woman,daughter

daogave

noun a type of coconut tree

dauaabulu

verb nearly sunk

delaa ange maalie

that there is exactly right

denei loo

this is it at last

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)

donu

adjective understand; truth, right, correct

gabi

verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)

gabola

flatten out something mushy

gage de henua

invade

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

gaimee

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verb eat (intransitive)

gaogao

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noun, preposition hip; beside

gauvae

noun jaw; a set of false teeth

gave bae

noun a row of stones piled on top of each other

gave hua loa

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guboa

verb being used in connection with group activity

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagadinoangahulu

verb make a total of ten people

hagadodi

verb walk with a limp (permanently)

hagahaunu

verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamahana

verb heat

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamua

verb be first; get closer to

hagaodia

verb finish up, be last

hagasahu

verb to catch water (in something)

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hale i lodo

noun ribcage, thoraciccavity

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

hatuli

verb thunder

hebolo

adjective a sign made with the eyes

hhagi

verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time

hhanga

split open, open up, or separate, all at once.

hilo hagamaadau

verb to braid sennit with the right hand;

hou

verb drill (native bow drill)

hulu

noun hair (on the body)

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

inai

noun a type of mat

ise

noun fishsp.: halfbeak

kala

adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.

kii mai

decreasing

laaga

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noun November

laangi i mua anaahi

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noun day before yesterday

langi haanau

noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

llanea

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

madannia i lodo

noun middlefinger

mae

adjective withered;

mahi loa

adjective tireless

malama

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noun month

manu-kono

noun birdsp.

me abo donu

real, true

me duu

clitoris

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

meamea --

adjective becoming red

meemouli

noun living thing

mmudi

adjective sprinkling (of rain)

modomodo

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noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

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moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

ngaue

adjective move (oneself), moved

ngudula

noun fishsp.: snapper

nodi

verb to tie a knot in the hair

panga

adjective

saba

verb capable (of a person)

sai

verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)

saibo saele

adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)

seisei

pipefish

songagi

a bad sort of person

sua hadu umu

stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven

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noun younger brother

tangada hagaai

poor fellow!

tangaho

noun liver

tea

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adjective white

ubu

kneecap; the shell of a coconut

uhado

large white worm species

ula de gili

inflammation; red in the face; sunburned

unusaagi

deception

vaiduu

lazy