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aahee ange

what else

abongi baasi

adjective capsize sideways

ago i me

copy, imitate

anga gee

turn one’s attention away from

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

baagea

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adjective weak

bakau doo

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

balanggede

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noun blanket

bangoa

adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic

bapabu

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

basa ange

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verb answer; talk to

bau iho

adjective capable only of looking after oneself (not others)

binga

adjective be named, be called; regarded as

bulubuludi

verb keep hugging

daane ssili dala

special one,important one

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

dae de lodo

be satisfied completely

dalaehala

verb pricked

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dangada ngauda

adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dangau-ngudu-aahua

noun

dauleelage

noun fishsp.: blenny

dee hanga

adjective don’t move away from the reef

delaa nei ()

that there is it (is that there it)

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

dolodolo o de ava

noun <= luu dolodolo>

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

dua daabasi

noun the size of fishing line appropriate for tuna fishing

duudua

noun taro plot

duulua

noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)

gaahanga

noun a rope used to assist in climbing

gabaea

to hang oneself

gai i taiao

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verb have breakfast

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gelu-hai-usu

noun fishsp.: unicornfish

gili malali

adjective clean ; neat

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

haangoda dua agau

noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hadu manava

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noun heart

hagadoopeva

verb playatrickon

hagadubu gina

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduu ngavesi

verb make boxes

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagamaingaa

verb cause one to feel maingaa

hagamau

verb to strive to become acquainted with

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hagaualoha

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adjective poor

hanngoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).

hhano

verb wash one’s own hands (or mouth)

hoa lalo

noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone

hologemo

adjective

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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kava

adjective to feel uncomfortably warm

lahhie

noun firewood

laudodole

noun smallness

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

llidi

adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)

lodo danuaa

adjective contented,happy

lodo danuaa ~ lotanuaa

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adjective happy

maadau dae ssae

noun a type of fishhook

maadoogini

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harmonica

maavae

adjective separated (two things),divorced

mada mmea

adjective dark red

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

maduilau

noun fishsp.: goatfish

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

makaga

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adjective hard

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malili

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adjective scattered

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu lele

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noun bird

manusomo

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noun tree

masa bagubagu

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

masavaa de gauligi

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childhood

me

mili

adjective fruitful, fructiferous

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

mulo

verb rollup

muna o tangada

verb speak of the devil

muni

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hidden

namanama

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

ngadi gavadu

adjective a gift (to the hearer); a present (to the hearer)

ngadi vai

noun a coconut shell used for water storage(on fishing trips)

ngalue de gauvae

dislocated jaw

ngudu malie

adjective eloquent (of a person)

nohoa

verb occupied

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sali tae

adjective intractable watery diarrhea

sele

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verb trap

taadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)

tubuna

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noun grandparent; ancestor

ubu loada

a coconut shell used for expectoration

ugu

rub (with pressure, as with sandpaper); the skin of the stingray used for sanding