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agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

ala galigi

noun a method of mat making

amo

verb lift up

avaava

verb full of holes

baageaa

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adjective weak

baageaa ange

attracted to

baba

adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready

balangi

noun fish sp., tang

baledilo

verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear

bangi dua beau

a certain way of pinching with the fingers

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

basaa

verb be talked into

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

bona

noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling

buusi

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noun cat

daa

noun a bunch

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

dagisoa

adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)

dahi ma dahi

each individual

dahuli sabonealo

adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit

daia e tulidaa

urgency in micturation

dama muli bee

noun the twelfth child born to a couple

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

dau (umu)

noun a cover for an earth oven

de heduu o taiao

noun morningstar

dee haaoa i de gai

gluttonous

diiloo

verb look after; look at attentively

doga

noun a (live) coral formation

donu

adjective understand; truth, right, correct

donu sala

adjective misunderstand

gai ngaadai

adjective <= gai ngaadahi>

geu

verb shake one’s head (once) to one side

gini

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

go ai

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who

goo

noun tarospade

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

hadumuna

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verb lie (tell untruth)

haelu

verb var. of hailu

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagadabena iho

adjective prepare oneself, make oneself ready

hagallongo de lau nui

to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagamanu

verb cause to have disease

hagaodia

verb finish up, be last

hagapigi ange

stick1 against (something), go with someone

hagasebaga

verb make a total of ten billion

hagategi kano

adjective tickled (not sexually)

hai dahi heohi

maintain one’s position in an argument(against contrary positions)

hai me magua

sort of steal

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hale i lodo

noun ribcage, thoraciccavity

hano goe

see what i told you

holehole

verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)

hoosenga ange

embarrassed by

hulo saele

adjective wander around

ianga

verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger

kangi baasi lua

double-edged

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

laagii

noun decoration,ornamentation

langaa lodo

adjective a sudden access of emotion

lau de alelo

be unable to speak clearly, owing to a stuttering problem

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

loange

adjective go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)

loeaa

noun a type of game

lolo

noun oil

luu amaau

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pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

luu dolodolo

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

madaanga hulu maa lua

number twelve

mahidi

adjective separated from and curled up from

mahola gimoo

adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about

mailaba

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noun September

mamu

noun fish (generic term)

mangoo-biho-lua

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

manu hao vai

noun a bottle (of glass)

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

me hagaahulu

noun prepared food

me maimai

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candy

me tao

dye

modo

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adjective unripe

muli sua hadu

reefward of the storm beach; beach rock

musu

verb whisper(ing)

ngae

mollusk

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngavesi

noun box,coffin,crate

ngole iho

adjective to use the biggest first

niho

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tooth

oluu

pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)

paa de mahi dua

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verb sneeze

panava

noun scrotum (one side only)

sabala

adjective willing to

saelesaele

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

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

sau alohenua

verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land

sigi de hagahala

a technique of finishing a mat edge

tahi-malama

noun January (’first month’)

vaivai daahili

a dirty song