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aasolo

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)

adi

verb relate news or gossip

aduhale

adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house

ageli

verb pick head lice

agoago

noun taro fibers

alaa laa

those (there) which were there

alahage

adjective wake up (from sleep)

alomasige

adjective hasten to go or come

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

angaange magau

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noun dead body

au hebaledage

noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)

ava

adjective relief, be relieved

baageaa ange

attracted to

bagu

noun scab, crust

balu daaea

noun fish sp.

bangi

verb pinch (with the fingers)

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

bona

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

boobua

noun dragonfly

buulou

verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)

daa hhali

verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.

dahi ma dahi

each individual

dalaa

noun (small) piece of, part of

dalaa manu

noun piece of broken glass

dangada haangoda

noun fisherman

dangolia

verb grabbed, fallen upon

daula gage

noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree

degi

verb to jerk; get something quickly

delaa ai

therefore (with respect to that there)

dele de mahaa

starting to crack

denaa tagodo

that is the situation...

dogi hakolona

noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell

donu huu

only,just (no more than)

dui manu

noun a line of flying birds

duu de ogaanga

having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)

duubulei

noun head of the penis

duuli

verb surround

eidu

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god, ghost, spirit

gaa de malala

gaadinga osi

a coconut selected as a seedling

gaha mea

adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)

gaimee

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verb eat (intransitive)

gapese

verb a method of pole fishing at night(on the seaward reef)

gau de henua

natives

gau laagau

noun the shaft of a spear

gili langi

verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)

goloa de henua

noun gear of local manufacture

goloa haangdoa

noun fishing gear

goso

adjective bothered, annoyed

gudu de biho

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noun head louse

haangoda dua agau

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

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagadaga age

improving

hagadanuaa magavaa

adjective make peace between people, conciliate

hagahoohanga

verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting

hagamogomogo

verb cause to be muscular

haganaa

verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy

hagatanu iho

adjective take a nap

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hakauanga

noun a handle of something

hano ahe

adjective echo

henua gai dangada

noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)

hinangalosaa

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adjective sad

huaahuu

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)

kii age

move upward; reach a certain age

laagau-doi

noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made

laho

aerial foot of the pandanus tree

lau kena

adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

llaga

verb take a single step

lodo basa

adjective talkative

lodo senga

adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)

magaugau

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

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

mahola gimoo

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

malo gahu de boo

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sheet, blanket

mami

verb taste (of something)

mangoo-dahola

noun fishsp.: blacktipshark

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

me hakadanga

noun joke, jest; trick (a practical joke)

moosugia

verb ripened unevenly (of breadfruit only)

mouli danuaa

adjective easy living, a good life

mule

adjective slow; late

nabe

verb to hook under the waistband or belt

ngadi gai

verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)

ngau hala

bite someone

nngaoa

verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

oou

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yes

saahea

adjective be caught (esp. fish) and secured

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

semada

numeral tens of thousands

sili iho

adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

soe lodo modu

to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)

somo boi

adjective grow abnormally (having defects)

sou hahine

noun a steady, light gust of wind

ssele i de niho

damn it!

togo lua

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second

tugi lima

noun elbow