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adudau

noun sandspit

anailaanei

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today

baa age

shallow (e.g., waters)

baa i de madangi

be hit (usually forcefully) by wind

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

balapigi

verb drenched

basa lilo

adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)

beagi

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noun bag

boo adu laa

day after tomorrow at night

bugubugu

adjective swollen

daabeduge

verb work seriously

daakodo

adjective be in place ; liedown

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

daguu kalo

noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade

dai hieunu

adjective thirsty

dau ange

depend upon (e.g., for sustenance)

dee gamalie

adjective do very attentively

dee vaagidee

adjective ugly, awful; extremely disappointing

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

duu de umada

noun a rainbow appearing in the sky

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continue upon

duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

gaahagi

adjective the useless tuber-like growths on the bie plant

gabetili

noun parent-in-law

gai me

adjective eat food

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

ganae

mullet

gano niho

gums of mouth

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gi

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gide

verb see

golomagi iho

adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit

goobai dada

noun umbrella

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

gu odi mai ogu

i have done all i could

guao

noun the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

hadi bodo

noun breaking of waves at short intervals

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadodi

verb walk with a limp (permanently)

hagaeligi

verb treat as an eligi

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagamahana

verb heat

hagamalemalemo

verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)

hagao ngadaa

adjective expensive

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hagasaele age

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

hagauea

verb a sleeping mat

hagausi mai

the appearance of rain clouds

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

haitoga

noun an opening for a door or window

hale magi

noun hospital,dispensary

helii-baalanga

noun plantsp.: grasssp.

hhuge

verb open (something),uncover

hono

verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)

hoolu

noun prow (bottom part)

huaalavao

verb a strong wind

huna

verb hide ; breechclout

huudanga

noun way of singing

iloo

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verb know

kobe

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cough

lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

lebu

verb paint (something); put color on, color (something)

lludu

verb take all (of something)

loange

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

lolo manu-de-boo

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

lunga ange

up more

madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

made

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verb look at in an effort to identify or recognize

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

mahi bodo

adjective easily tired

malulu

adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)

manu-de-bua

noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

maoli

noun a suspicion which proves to be true

masagi

a dance (an ancient type)

maunuunusi

adjective

me abadai

noun european things (gear, etc.)

midi

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noun dream

mmala luu mada

stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)

modu gee

cut away from; separated from

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

nngana

adjective loud (noise)

noganoga

verb a method of plaiting mats

noho

verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated

ogo

noun purlin

saagule

pick head lice

saalua

verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched

sahe

noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow

saulaba

noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

seedaa

noun october

sisi baalasi

verb printing (block letters)

suugulu

verb learn

tainadaane

noun brother

tama hagai

poor fellow!

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

vele

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verb to weed (a garden); to clear bush (overgrowth); to pluck (feathers)