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aalali

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

aduhale

adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house

ahine

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noun woman

anei dagodo

these are the circumstances...

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

bahhaa

adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly

bangi

verb pinch (with the fingers)

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

bapabu

adjective the staccato sound of one hard object being struck against another

basa soe

adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)

bini daubeemala

verb a method of making flower headdresses

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

buugunga

noun conformation of a bugu

daaligi

verb do something seriously; be moved about; a jerky movement, caused by the wind (e.g., the flapping of a sail); work seriously

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

daia

verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)

daladala

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

dalangasau

verb be quick-witted in an emergency

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

deai me ao ai

useless

deengaa gamalie

adjective let’s do it attentively

deganoe

noun a part of the female genitalia

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

denei ange naa

about this , much more...

dolo

noun sugarcane

doo lalo

verb unsuccessful

dui moni

noun a fleet of canoes (in line)

ebuebu

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bubbles

eidu ai

treat as a totem, worship, treat as asupernatural being

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gaadinga gaha paa

noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gaha biigi

noun a rope for tying pigs

gai niivoi

verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial

gai nnao

adjective eat messily

gave ua loa

a long-distance footrace

geelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga

noun valley

goo

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verb bark (dog)

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagabaa

verb cause to come into contact with; chase by trying to head off

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagabasabasalia

verb cause to be convinced

hagadoodoo denga muna

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

hagaholau

verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagalongo imuna

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verb obey

hagamabulia

verb cause to hagamabu

hagammuni

verb hide (something) from

hagamoni

verb provide a canoe for

hagatala gee

wanting always to hagatala

hagatugu

verb crouch down

hagausi age

appearance of rain clouds on the horizon

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hano mouli

verb disappear alive, especially into another world

henua mounga

noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)

hhuna

verb hide at one time

holadage

adjective laid out or spreadout all over

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

hulidonu

adjective rightsideout (clothes)

kava

adjective to feel uncomfortably warm

kii gee

move away from

kini

noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)

kosi

verb to scratch (once)

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

laohie age

improving condition (of weather)

lava hadu

noun leader (between fishing line and hook)

leanga

noun bad person

lede

noun penetrating cold

loongia

verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food

madaa gamu

noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai

magano

adjective overripe (of pandanus only)

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

me ange laa

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adjective other

me osi

noun a coconuttree seedling

milo

verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring

milomilosanga

the way in which a current moves about

moe iho

adjective sleep for a short time, nap; sleep overnight in place other than one’s usual sleeping place

moni sulu

noun submarine

muna hai alaa

oh my goodness

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

nngao dalinga

hurting in the ears from noise

noho moso

able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)

paa iho

explode from above

saelea

verb walkedupon

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sege gee

slip or slide away from

semada

numeral tens of thousands

seni tao

adjective sleep soundly

ssili mada

to faint, be unconscious

tamana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandfather

teungaalodo

noun middle (of something round); center

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

unusaagi

deception

vele

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verb to weed (a garden); to clear bush (overgrowth); to pluck (feathers)