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alohi

noun anything forming a semi-circle

anei laa

these (here) which were there

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

buliaamu

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adjective sad

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

buubudu

adjective crowded together closely

daa

verb to make a sharp turn ; a back-handed slap or jerking of anything which moves (e.g., a hand, foot, tail, tongue, etc.); to tattoo; hit, strike, beat; to kill; to wash clothes; scoop up (liquids or solids); to bail (a canoe)

daadaa

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noun sweat

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

dala-loa

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish

dama donu

noun a natural child

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

dangalebu de moana

rough or choppy seas

dau age

to beach (a canoe) on land; reach land

dau i tua

memorize

donu iho

adjective realize, understand

dua dama

verb the pallor of a female following childbirth

dua gi lunga

thicker (line or rope, etc.)

duosi

adjective servant

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

e hanu ana dama

have children

elunga

noun top of, the position over (something)

gaaui i tao

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

gagu

well-mannered

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

gave ala

a method of planting mats

gelu-agau

noun fishsp.: tang

godi mai

adjective a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures

gumigumi

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chin

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagadaina

verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)

hagadinoangahulu

verb make a total of ten people

hagadogo number

verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)

hagailangi

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagao ngaohie

adjective inexpensive

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagaono (ina)

verb make a total of six

hagassege i hegau

verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work

hai dama

adjective pregnant

hai de hai

adjective stubborn, willful

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hai kai

adjective show-off, proud

hai saulaba

adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law

hainamanilaluoo

secret friend of the opposite sex

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

hale langadala

noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)

hano de leebunga

run (of a color); fade (of a color)

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

heiloo

adjective know each other,understand each other

helui

adjective diminution of

hidu lau

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number seven hundred

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

hua daahili

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verb sing a song

hue

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generic term for "fern"

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iloha

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noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)

inau

verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light

io alo

noun lower io, q.v.

laangi

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noun day

labodo-uli

noun eelsp.: morayeel

lalo ade

noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)

leia togomouli

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verb have hiccups

lo te vvela

the hottest part (of the day, of a fire, etc.)

luduludu

verb trembling

maasae

adjective hatched

mada duai

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coconut husking bench

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mada-umanga

noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm

madaala

adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit

madalua maa dahi

number twenty one

magi eaea

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

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mami

verb taste (of something)

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

moele

noun a lie (an untruth)

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

musumusu laa lalo

whisper softly

muu-madavai

noun fishsp. (rare)

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngadi moana

noun <= laangai ngadi moana>

ngalogu

adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

pii

adjective splashed,sprinkled

pungu

adjective plump

seni alaala

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

sobalo

noun fishsp.: needlefish

somo haahine

a fleshy (non-muscular) man

tagudai

noun coast, shoreline

tino boo

full moon (a period comprising two nights)

tua de eu

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shoulder blade

uliuli

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adjective black

vaii doo

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noun waterfall