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alaa ange maalie

those there are exactly right

alo-uli

adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)

amu ligi

fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered

anataiao

this morning

au ga humai nei

"i’m going on my way now..."

bakau dahi de manu

not to go fishing when other groups are going

basa gauligi

adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk

be goai (naa huu)

whoever

bodobodo

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adjective short

bunua

noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)

daalea

adjective tired

daelodo gi lunga

a large number of

daia

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

dala mmea

verb redness or inflammation of the skin (e.g., a welt)

dee modu

adjective continually

demeelaa

that one over there

diba

noun portion, share, part, fraction

diha

verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict

dilo

verb look at (inspect)

dilobuna

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growing coconut sapling

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doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dola

adjective erection (of penis)

donu huu

only,just (no more than)

dotonogaa

noun fishsp.: goby

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

ga dae laa huu

very, too much

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gamalie

adjective do attentively

gamedi vai salo

noun a type of bowl

gili

skin

goosuu

noun fishsp.: jack

haangoda dua agau

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

hadiugu

verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)

hadu-mangeo

cushion starfish

hagabaabaagia

verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.

hagadaemahadia

verb put too much weight on

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduu gaiaa

adjective suspicious by nature

hagaiho

verb show (someone) how to climb down

hagalima (ina)

verb make a total of five

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagammau

adjective poisonous

hagassogalia

verb

hagavaiduu

verb to act as though one were lazy

hai me gaiaa

to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)

hai moni

adjective sailor

hanu ange

some more

hasi made

verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted

hedaadoi

adjective collide

henua abasasa

noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

hhau

verb tie up,fasten by tying (wrapping)

hidi de mamu dunu

curling up of fish (when cooked)

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

ibu

noun

iloha

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noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)

laagau

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noun wood

laagau lui

noun a cross (e.g., of wood)

laangai buusagi

noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

lou

verb a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick (breadfruit), pull down

luu mada

noun face (of a person)

luu oogu

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pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maadau hholu

noun a fishhook made of wire

maagaga

adjective industrious

maagoda

adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)

maaidigi

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noun August

madamataia

verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia

madau-dalinga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

mangoo-dahola

noun fishsp.: blacktipshark

manu lauligi

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decorative plants used to build boundary walls

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masole ange

barely scratched

me hai dago

ritual acts,religious acts

me vae

shoes, slippers

mmae tinae

adjective convulsed with laughter

moe

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adjective round

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

mulegi

show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)

ngadi ngavesi

an empty box

ngadolia

verb to have ngado

noho gi lalo

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sit down

oia

adjective a sound used to communicate the tiredness of the speaker, or that the speaker recognizes his mistake

olaa

a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

pungu

adjective plump

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verb to wander aimlessly, to walk around

sauligi

noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

singano

verb the flower of the pandanus tree

ssae de leo

to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)

taumaha

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noun church

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

ubu hhoa

type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell

umada

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noun rainbow

uua

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neck