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adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

alaa donu

those there only

aligi

adjective priest (of a cult)

basa gi lunga

speak loudly

boose

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noun boat

dada gaehala

verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)

dagahi ange gi de --

serve as a side dish for

dagai

adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about

dahola

verb fish, hunt (at night)

dai hiigai

adjective hungry

dalea

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adjective tired

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangada abadai

noun european persons (including americans)

danuaa

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hi, hello

deainga

noun nothingness

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

deeai

adjective

dele de longo

spread news or rumors

denei ange maalie

this is exactly right

denei naa ()

this will be it. (will this be it)

diba

noun portion, share (of something); part (of something); fraction (in arithmetic)

dilodilonga

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

duba

noun land crab sp. (small)

dui manu

noun a line of flying birds

dulagi ange

look like

duu de gona

umbilical hernia

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continue upon

gaavange

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verb give

gammenge-hai-gili-dabeo

noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma

gau hadu

the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

gau looloa gaadinga

noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts

gauna

verb invite

gave ala

verb a method of plaiting mats

giivia

verb to have something in one’s eye

gili maalama

verb light-skinned

gili somo

noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)

goloa hesuihagi

noun goods which are bartered

haa manu

noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hagaamuli

verb treat as junior

hagaaualoha

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verb poor

hagadau

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pronoun each other

hagadau bale

verb cooperate; help one another

hagadau gaiaa

adjective steal from one another

hagamanu

verb cause to have disease

hagasaulaba

verb treat as saulaba

hakoobai

verb put a hat on (someone)

hale de henua

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thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

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halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

hano ahe

echo

hhanga dalogo

adjective to make dalogo

hhui age

eat a snack

honu ssele

noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)

hulo saele

adjective wander around

hungi

verb tricks of self-defense (some of which are like judo or karate)

iholia

verb useful for climbing down

inaho

noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)

kaa

noun mangrovecrab

kii adu

get out

kii age

move upward; reach a certain age

laagau lui

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

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

laohie

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noun drought; dry weather

lau maalie

verb neat-appearing hair or feathers

lavasi

noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)

llau

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number one hundred

lo taane

adjective daring, brave, manly

lodo laanui

adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside

mada gelegele

noun male child

madaanga hulu maa lima

number fifteen

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

malo gahu

adjective shirt

malogu

verb <= ngalogu>

mangoo-senga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu-solo-maanu

jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched

matoloia

noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

me ne modu

decision

mmea

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adjective red

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

momme aadea

noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

ngadi basa

small talk; idle conversation

ngago

egg

noa

verb tied (as with rope)

noogele

verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie

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noun eye of the taro corm

onge

famine

ono llau

number six hundred

pala de langi

it’s raining

sausaudia

verb continually blown upon (by the wind)

seedaa

noun october

sigo

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verb catch

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

ssili mada

to faint, be unconscious

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)