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agule

verb pick head lice

anei ai

these (here) only

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

baguu de laa

past noon

balanggede

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noun blanket

basa soe

adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)

bolo ange

bequeath

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

buga

noun plant sp.: tree sp. (pisonia grandis r.b.)

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

daaia

verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely

daasele

verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip

dabuna

noun part of the female genetalia

daholaa/a

noun december

dahuli sabonealo

adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit

dangoa

verb grabbed,fallen upon

dau laagii

adjective to put on an ornament for a special purpose

day

laangi

de hine ga haibodu

noun bride

debeaha

okay; so-so

dee ngado mai

forever,eternally

denaa ai loo

that is it (which has been decided upon)

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

dogo duu

verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe

dogoisi

adjective few

dolo mea

noun spiny starfish

doo

noun an evil scheme

duiaanga

noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object

duusaba

noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gaagose

noun seacucumber sp.

gaalau-ango

noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)

gaba

adjective flap (as wings)

gadagada

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verb laugh

gagu

well-mannered

galemu

unclassified

gili dabeo

verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

goobai-o-lillo

noun mollusk sp.: trochus

hadu-i-de-ssala

noun coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadaudoo

adjective compete to see who is stronger

hagadubu o de moe

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadubu o madaligi

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahodooligi

verb to install as chief

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagaida

verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)

hagalilo

verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamade

verb do as hard as fast as possible

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hagausenga

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noun cloud

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hakide gee

spoil (a child)

hallaba

noun the base of a palm frond spine; rifle

hano saele

adjective wander around

hesongi

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verb kiss

hidu-limu

time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

hina

noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness

hoo senga

adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed

hoohanga

adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)

huadia

noun fishing pole

huli

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verb (transitive and intransitive) turn (something in a direction)

huuhuna

adjective hide

kano made

adjective slightly aged meat

kau donu

adjective usedto, easy to

laangai sahole

noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting

lale

noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)

langona iho maahana

feel punished or victimized

laohie

noun drought

laosedi

noun seawater

lave

adjective be caught on, stuck on

madangi

verb wind,gas,flatus

maluu

verb soft

me gu modu

decision

modo

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adjective unripe

moea

verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

muna pada

harsh words

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngudu leia

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

oho boo

adjective to oho while still dark

ono

numeral six

saabai moni doo

carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

saugalo saele

adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for

se hono

fit well or properly

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verb walk

seni tao

sleep soundly

sii tae

adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)

singa sogosogo

adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself

ssae aalanga

adjective sore in the muscles

ssea

noun chair

tangada gaiaa

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noun thief

tuugili

noun goosebumps