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aduhenua

noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago

alohi lima

noun palm (of hand)

aoaa

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noun hour

ataula

noun anchor rope

baani

adjective lie down

bae

verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)

bangi

verb pinch (with the fingers)

basa hagassee

verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

buu hale moni

noun mollusk sp.

daabeduge saele

adjective to bat around

dagabuli

verb gather together in a group

dahidonga

noun grandfather

dala-moana

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dalangasau

verb be quick-witted in an emergency

dao bou

noun ridgepole support (end)

daumaha daahili

noun song service (in church)

dee anga

forgetful, absent-minded

denaa donu

that is it for sure

denei au

it is i

denei naa ()

this will be it. (will this be it)

denei naa loo

this seems to be

diinonga eidu

adjective an idol representing a spirit

doo

verb get down, get off; take up a stringfigure (from another’s hands); fall;plant (something); drop down

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

duu ngavesi

noun a cover of a box

duubaa

noun one half of an oyster shell

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

duula

noun the direction from which the wind blows

gaba de aasanga

a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gabinivali

a kind of ancient song

gada

adjective laugh

gai ngole

verb wasteful,improvident

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gatae

noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)

gau de henua

natives

gubu lima

hand, wrist

guuduma

noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadaahili

verb make someone sing

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagahana age

recook for several days

hagahana ange

recook for a very little while

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagaidaida

verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing

hagailangi

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagaingoo ai

called by (named)

hagalligi

verb make very small

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hagasele age

verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

hai daahili

adjective to compose songs

hai me

industrious

hai me balavini

to conduct oneself clumsily

hakaa

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verb sharpen

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

hale langadala

noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)

hano gi oona

very,exceedingly

hanolia

verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)

hhali lo te laagau

a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)

honua

verb filled with

hua ligi

adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)

huaalavao

verb a strong wind

huge

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verb open (transitive)

huuhua

adjective pregnancy

ise ngaio

noun needlefish

kailuu

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noun frog, toad

kanosaa

adjective a tasteless tuber of poor quality

langadala tohi

noun a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind

levango

adjective fight

llahi

noun fishsp. (= small hagaudalolo)

lodo llidi

a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)

lua lau

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number two hundred

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luu ono

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pronoun his/her (for dual, inalienable noun)

maanga-de-langi

noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)

madaangahulu maa siva

number nineteen

magi iviivi

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

malemolemo

adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

maleva

adjective present1 (not absent)

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

masa boo

adjective mornings following nights during which the tide has gone out (which are good for looking for fish trapped on the reef)

masi

verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe

maunusi

adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)

moahulu

noun fishsp.: goatfish

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noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

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mounu

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verb (intransitive) break; be dismantled

ngalue ange

increase

nngali

verb to take a bite out of something held in the hand (food only)

nngao dalinga

adjective hurting in the ears from noise

nonu

noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)

noodagi

verb forbidden to use (esp. plants reservedfor the owner’s use by tying the trunk)

odo

verb thatch

ssomo

suck one’s finger

sua bagu

a stain which has left a dry residue

taina daane odogu dinana

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noun maternal uncle

ua dea

white-throated frigate bird