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aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

aamua

adjective high-ranking

aha naa

let’s (later)

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

anumanga

noun dancing party

au e dee gai naa loo

I’ll bet you can’t

baa age

shallow (e.g., waters)

baa sege

adjective carom off

basa soe

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

boo dolu de gulu

the third day after breadfruit has been picked (after which it is not good to eat)

buaalali

verb flood tide

buusagi

verb an eddy caused by a current

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daalea

adjective tired

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dala hhua

verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

datanu

noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)

de huu de henua

noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island

denei tagodo

this is the situation...

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

dodo

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blood

dogoisi mai

adjective decreasing (in number)

doli

verb to obtain as many as one can; to defeatall comers

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

doo i hainga a me

wait for a long time (beyond the timeexpected)

dugi

verb scare away,chase away

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

gabou

noun fishsp.: scad

gamai

adjective bring to me, carry to me

gammenge-hai-gili-dabeo

noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

geao

noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)

geiuli

lizard species

gelu-hai-usu

unicorn fish

genu

verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse

gi daha

to the outside; in the environs of

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

guanga

noun a type of basket

hadi bala

adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself

hagadiba

verb incline to one side

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagahana age

recook for several days

hagakona

verb become (or make) much worse

hagamabu iho

adjective rest for a short time

hai bao

verb divided into compartments

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hale de henua

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thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

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hanu ana dama

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verb have children

hau

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noun necklace, wreath, crown

haunga

noun manner of wearing a flower garland

hhoa

verb crack open; break into pieces; cut a hole in

hhui age

eat a snack

hologemo

adjective

hologumi

adjective

hoou

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adjective new

huaadangada

noun persons of a certain class or type

huadia

noun fishingpole

igohi

verb firetongs

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kave gi de mahi

obtain by force

kini

verb pick at one time,pinch at one time

laangi adu laa

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noun day after tomorrow

labodo

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noun snake

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

lauali

verb immature leaves

llobo

verb to put something in something else

loage

adjective go (up or toward the village, or land)

loha

noun birdsp. (never seen live)

luei

verb spit out (esp. food)

maadau dagi

noun a type of fishhook

maagaga

adjective industrious

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

madabuunoua

adjective become dull

madahidu

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number seventy

madalua maa lima

number twenty five

madau-dalinga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

magi labua gee

upset stomach (nausea)

mahana

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adjective hot, warm

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

masole

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adjective abraded (skin), scratched

me ange laa

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adjective other

me hai ada

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camera

midia

verb dream about

mouli age

regain consciousness, rise from thedead

muna o de henua

a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)

muu-madavai

noun fishsp. (rare)

nebu ange

adjective to perceive that others are occupied

noho moso

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

oa

noun gunwales (at the top of the canoe)

obea

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verb to have an eye (of a taro corm)

saagule

pick head lice

saidule

verb wrapped up or covered up completely

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sege de gauanga

dislocated thighbone

sula

verb arrive

tangada aduhale

the sort of person who feels at home everywhere and is continually visiting (considered uncouth)