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alahage

adjective wake up (from sleep)

anailaa laa

it was today that

ava

adjective relief, be relieved

balu malau

noun fish sp.

basa hagassee

verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made

boo gi dai

the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset

boolleiee

adjective a type of sound, made to frighten someone

bugubugu

adjective swollen

daakodolia

verb be slept upon for a long time ,be in place for a long time

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dabu

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adjective holy; sacred

daga

verb go from one place to another in a group

dagamanga

noun path, route

damana

noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship

dane

verb a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)

dangada duaagau

adjective an avid fisherman

datada de galomada

twitching of an eye

de eidu pale

fortunately, luckily

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

doo tahulinga

bad-mannered

doo tahulinga

adjective bad-mannered

duudua

noun taro plot

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

e dee haalo

refuse to accept (something)

ga aha

and then did what

gaba

adjective flap (as wings)

gada

noun fishsp.: jack

gada-laagau-ngauda

noun fishsp.: rudderfish

gai modo

verb eat when still unripe

galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

gili malali

adjective clean ; neat

gudu de biho

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noun head louse

hadi modu

adjective sheer drop-off (as at the edge of a cliff)

hadu-mangeo

noun cushionstarfish

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagaava

verb relieve

hagabigi

verb strive to be like

hagabinga

verb name (something)

hagabunidia

verb add up

hagadau doo

verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagaobe

verb cause to have obe

hagasahu

verb to catch water (in something)

hai baasi

adjective take sides against, oppose

hai de ingoo

make a good name for oneself (by one’singratiating behavior)

hainoo

verb permitted,open to the public,secular

haiva

noun work,activity,occupation

hakaogao

verb to sit on one buttock

hakiuu

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noun baseball

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

haunu

verb <= hagaunu>

helii

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noun grass

hua manu

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noun fruit

iga-ligi

noun fishsp. (a small oceanic school fishslightly larger than dauoni)

kona odi

too much

laamasee

noun a divination result indicating good fortune

lahhie

noun firewood

lao

the posterior portion of the coconut crab

lausedi

noun

lede

noun penetrating cold

lehu

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noun lime

lii

noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

llabu

verb claw

maaniha

adjective strongly desirous of

mada galisi

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noun small green offshoots of the coconut tree trunk

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mada looloa

adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case

mada-givi

noun fishsp.

madaa gai

noun firstfruits

madaali

adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

magakaga

adjective firmly attached

magini

adjective a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

manava

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verb breathe

manu

noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)

manu-hai-hau

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

moni

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noun canoe

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

muna abo (donu)

noun truth

muni

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hidden

ngadi ubu

noun an empty coconut shell used as a container

ngahui

noun tens of coconuts

noho maadai

adjective sit quietly

noho moso

able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)

noodagi

verb forbidden to use (esp. plants reservedfor the owner’s use by tying the trunk)

oo

number zero

sagana

verb watch carefully, keep an eye on

siili

noun a stick used in a children’s game

sisi

verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

sua hadu umu

stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven

uludino

shed skin (as reptiles do)

unu

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verb drink

uuvae

feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth

vange

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verb give

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)