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adu-balebale-i-dua

noun fishsp.: bonito

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

baa hagasalau

adjective make contact with while not aligned

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

bedage ina

shallow on the inside

bini daubeemala

verb a method of making flower headdresses

boo adu laa

day after tomorrow at night

daa gi magau

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verb kill

daangenge

verb meaty (not having much fat)

dala mmea

verb redness or inflammation of the skin (e.g., a welt)

dale gaiaa

verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run

dama adu hale

noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others

damaa tili

adjective sharpshooter

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

dau maagau

noun a period during which many people die

de huu de henua

noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island

dee ngado mai

forever,eternally

deeai

adjective

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

denaa maa

that is about (approximately)

doo dai

appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

doopeva

noun trick, prank

dua daabasi

noun the size of fishing line appropriate for tuna fishing

duugau

noun legs at the base of a canoe mast

gabuibui

noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)

gada-alaala

noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

gaibea daane

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male crab

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galababa

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

gelgele dea

sand

goloa labagau

noun carpenter’s tools

goobai

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noun hat

gubenga

verb a large net for fishing

hadu muna

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagaaoa

verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak

hagabaguu ange

move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one

hagabau

verb measure, calculate,estimate

hagaditidi vae dahi

hop on one foot

hagaduu de uinga

to place stakes on the sides of uinga

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagailangi

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagailonga

verb sign,mark,signal,omen

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)

hagamagua

verb to cause someone to steal

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagaoda

noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)

hagaulu

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

hai maa

adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse

hai me gavia

do crazy things

hai mogobuna

adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild

hai uaua

verb dilated veins

haigabungi

adjective act strangely, act shyly

hala goobai

noun a wooden form used in making hats

hhoa de lae

to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds

huaalavao

verb a strong wind

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noun worm

kau

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verb swim

laa ange

and those there

labu ssenga

adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

lima-laangi

time noun friday (’fifth day’)

loongia

verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food

loulou

to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

maadau iganibongi

noun a type of fishhook (biggest, for iganibongi fishing)

mada duulanga

noun an important position (spatially)

mada udua

noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)

madalua maa lima seene

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noun quarter

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

maluu

verb soft

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

manu-ligi

verb lice (immature); louse (immature)

meabo

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adjective true

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

muaamoni

a song formerly sung while dancing

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

muu-madavai

noun fishsp. (rare)

ngadi me

noun nothing,unimportant,useless,worthless

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

noho lalo

adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)

oo

noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

oo iho (age)

adjective able to enter, going up (down)

paa age

explode from below

pala ivi

adjective work beyond one’s endurance

pili

adjective be bored

sai moni

a fleet of canoes

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sau alohenua

verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land

sauaa

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noun magic

seedaa

noun october

siisii

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noun fishing pole

ssogo

grated raw taro which has dried out

taumee

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noun bud of the coconut palm

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tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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ulungaa iga

a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.

unahi

scale (of a fish)