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aadea moana

adjective unobstructed

aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

adumua

verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver

ao age

daybreak (become daylight)

baa

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noun father (informal)

baasi gi taiao

forenoon (from dawn to noon)

baieu

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.

balu malau

noun fish sp.

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

bido dagi

follow in order to spy on

bigi

adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)

boaanga

noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)

bolo ange

bequeath

boo gi dua

the period when the quarter moon appears in the east just before sunrise

bugolo

noun coral sp.: faviid coral

daamada

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

dagihia

how many for each

dagodo be --

it seems that...

dangolia

verb grabbed, fallen upon

dao

noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)

dao

noun spear, branch of

dau manu

verb flock of birds (feeding on a school of fish)

dee maeva

not present, absent

dibidibi

noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves

dingale

noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs

dungu ibo

verb smell (oneself)

duu-mmea

noun seacucumber sp.

duulua

noun jack (fish sp); large alaala

ga-hudi

noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)

gaaui i tao

a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear

gaina

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verb eat this

gaini

any lattice-like arrangement

gaisaa

verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical

gau bini baalanga

an iron rod

gau hadu

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

gauligi daane

male child, boy

gelegele

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adjective dirty

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

gulunieli

noun plantsp.

hagabaangoa

verb causing prostration

hagabuulunga iho

adjective to hagabuulunga oneself

hagahana iho

adjective recook for a little while

hagalloba ange

to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)

hagamuli

verb be late, tarry

haganna

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to calm down someone who is excited or unhappy

hagaodea

verb the time at which it is midday

hagasaa

adjective quarrel (like children)

hagatulu mai

ooze out

hai lodo

resentful

hale daane

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noun traditional men’s meeting house

hanoo seni

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verb go to sleep

hau ua

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noun necklace

heloongoi

adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another

henuu

placenta

heohi

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adjective correct; right

hilo ange

mix with

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

hola

verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.

holiagi

verb

hoolu

noun prow (bottom part)

hua manu

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noun fruit

huadia

noun fishingpole

i de baasi

concerning; at the behest of;under the auspices of

ivi-a-duimogo

noun pelvicbone

lalo ade

solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)

langa de ivi

a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage

laulau hoe

noun the blade of the canoe paddle

llibo ange luu vae

run

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

maanegabo

energetic

mada-galadi

noun fishsp.: jack

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magimagiaa

adjective frequently magiaa

mahedu

adjective folded up,rolled up

mahi loa

adjective tireless

mala

bald

malino

adjective calm (weather), still (wind)

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

mmala

bitter; sour; unlucky

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

modu mai (adu, ange)

become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession

moni madagidagi

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mou

noun agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;

niho vainu

milk teeth, deciduous teeth

olo

an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit

pono

verb to close

sae de hadu

make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)

sali ssavale

salivate

sangatai

mollusk, Spondylus

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

siisii

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noun fishing pole

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tubuna daane

noun grandfather

ua

noun neck

ulumonu

porpoise

unusaagi

deception