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adu

noun ant

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adu ange laa

the one following the one in question

alaange

adjective allowed to, permissible

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pronoun I, me

baa donu

adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)

baageaa iho

adjective weakening (becoming weaker)

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

bangi

noun a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit

bido muna

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noun word

boo i lalo o tangada

the last days of a person’s life

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

boobosu

adjective

bunaa

noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)

daane abo donu

noun gentleman,person who is good

daasele

verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip

daavalo

adjective make a great deal of noise (vocal)

daba

adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye

dagodo

adjective situation, circumstance; liedown ; be in place

dala

noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)

dama donu

noun a natural child

dana

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pronoun his/her (for singular, alienable noun)

doa

noun giant

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

dubuna aahine

noun grandmothers

duu modu

vertical cut

ege

verb raise up (so that higher)

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gabe

gouge out

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

galevaleva

bird species

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

gide gauligi

verb to see from the perspective of a small child

gili

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noun skin

gini

verb pick with one’s fingers; to pinch off, or pinch and pull at the same time

gohu

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adjective dark

hagaadaada

verb getting to be near daybreak

hagadoa

verb act like a giant

hagadonu muna

adjective act as an interpreter

hagadubu o de ahi

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadubu o manu

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahaanau

verb to help to deliver a child (as a midwife does)

hagaheiloo

verb make the acquaintance of

hagaleo

verb to produce sound

hagalongaa

adjective <= hagalongoaa>

hagalueia

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vomit

hagapigi saele

adjective go around with someone constantly

hagapogo

verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.

hagasele age

verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)

hagatala gee

wanting always to hagatala

hai duu

verb to carry a baby about

hai gaavenga

adjective restless (of a child)

hai maa

adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse

hai me hoosenga

somewhat hoosenga

hakohu luu mada

squint (eyes),frown

hauala

noun seaweedsp.

hesilihaginga haiava

noun intersection

huuhuna

adjective hide

kivi

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adjective thin (for people)

kosi

noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lilo bule

adjective covered up completely

lima dangada ina

a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer

lodo llidi

a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)

lolo

noun oil

madaa ua

noun drop (of liquid or rain)

madaala

adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

magi dee manava

asthma

malianoono

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

maluulu

adjective cool

mamu

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noun fish

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

me hagadaahao

noun toy

miili

adjective a type of game

mmene ono me

to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

muna madua

noun words used only by elders (which are not normally part of a child’s vocabulary)

muu-madagao

noun fishsp.: snapper

ngadau age

older

nngaoa

verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

odi/b

adjective gone, finished, usedup

odo

verb thatch

olaa

a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

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famine

ono

numeral six

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

saiolo

noun a sail

saulolua

noun fishsp.: triggerfish

se aha ga hai

it’s not possibledon’t worry about it (i don’t think so.)

sengaa

numeral tens of millions

siga

verb to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool ; to escape (of fish) from a net (through its holes); sew up a hole (in clothing)

sila

verb look for

soa hagaaloha

noun a good friend

soe iho

adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god

sunu

an oil slick on the water’s surface

tagudai

noun coast, shoreline

taina aahine

noun sister

tangaho

noun liver