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abulu

adjective sink (until submerged)

anei loo

these (here) are the ones

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

au hagi

verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef

baalasi ngago

adjective incubation of eggs (by a hen)

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

bole

adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)

daahanga ange

give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething

daea

adjective to have arrived at

daga ula

verb go lobster catching

dahea age

drift toward place where speaker is

dalaa ubu

noun charcoal from the coconut shell

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)

daogili

noun

dauaa

verb wrinkled

daumaha laanui

noun the main sunday religious observance in the church

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

debedebe

verb the folds of skin around the waist

denaa tagodo

that is the situation...

dodo

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blood

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

dugi

verb scare away,chase away

duu biho

adjective haircut; cut hair

duubulei

noun head of the penis

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of

ga aha laa

what’s the matter with you

gadinibidi

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a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

gagu

adjective well-mannered

gailalopoli

adjective stingy

ganae oo

threadfin fish

gasigasia

verb rubbed against,scratched

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gelegele

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adjective dirty

gidee iho

adjective be aware of oneself

gohu de lodo

ignorant

golo age

continually golo voluntarily

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haa laangi

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noun Thursday

haangaa lodo i de gai

be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much

haangoda dua beau

a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hadu goinga

noun boundary stone

hagaahe mai

adjective return to the fold

hagabinga

verb name (something)

hagadino

verb provide a portion or share

hagadungu

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verb sniff, smell

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagasegelia

verb let slip or slide

hagasenga

verb fool (someone),deceive,trick (someone)

hagi me

adjective pick coconuts

hai dauaa

verb be in a wrinkled condition

hai de biho

act smart (deviously)

hai me moolau

an habitually fast worker

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

hanu ana dama

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verb have children

hhoda

gasp for breath

huaadangada

noun persons of a certain class or type

huadia

noun fishing pole

ina-gi-hale

a row of thatch

kangi

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adjective sharp

laomalie

adjective big

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

llabu

verb claw

lodo laanui

adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside

longolongo i leaala

rumor

luu alaadeu

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pronoun their (for dual, alienable noun)

maadegadega

noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.

maalava

verb the fatty part of the turtle

madaa moni

noun prow of a canoe

madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

madamada o dangada

noun in public

madegi

adjective be jerked

maga ahi

noun glowing embers (without a flame)

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

makaga

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adjective hard

malele

adjective completed

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

malo gahu de boo

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sheet, blanket

manu-mmala

noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)

manua

verb diseased

masugi

adjective having a hole, pierced

me hai laangi

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calender

mmala

adjective bitter, sour; unlucky

moni

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noun canoe

nao gasi

verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)

ngalue

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verb move

olongaa

noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)

onoonogia

noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

pala ivi

adjective work beyond one’s endurance

saalingaa nui

noun the rainwater which flows down a bent coconut tree (collected for drinking)

sigi

verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

soe mai

decided for one by the will of god

ubu

kneecap; the shell of a coconut

ulungaa iga

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

vaalanga

made up (of a story only)