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aadea

verb clear (easily seen), unobscured

alaa ange

and those there

aloalo me

noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll

anga gee

turn one’s attention away from

baalasi

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verb press

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bogi

verb to plant taro slips

boo ga dae laa

my goodness

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

buliaamu

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adjective sad

buulei

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noun ring

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

dagitilo

verb watchful, be on the lookout, keep aneye on

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

daina ahine

noun sisters

dala

adjective tame ; not be timid or uneasyin another’s presence

dangada gai dangada

cannibal

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dangoa

verb grabbed,fallen upon

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

daonga

noun feast

de aha

which is it

dee hai gee

be tied (e.g., in a footrace)

dee masae de leo

lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)

diinei de madangi

a decrease of wind velocity

doa

noun giant

doo de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

doo mua

adjective very

duu

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verb stand

duu duli

adjective kneel

ga vaa laa dangada

oh dear (that’s not good)

gaagaa

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noun baby

gaha biigi

noun a rope for tying pigs

galasi

ganae-oo

threadfin fish

ganimuli

noun the second child of a couple

gili laa

verb suntanned

gili sau

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verb undress

gobegobe

adjective cough (repeatedly)

gonogono

adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly

gumedi de henua

noun a type of bowl

haangoda dua beau

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

hadi aho

adjective

hadu

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noun stone, rock

hagaalahenua

verb provide land for

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagahala

a sleeping mat

hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrespectful way

hagamuli

verb be late, tarry

hagapago iho

adjective to descend suddenly

hagatulu mai

verb ooze out

hagauda de hau

put on a hau

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai me magua

sort of steal

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

hanga-mea

noun

hano laa uda

adjective go on foot

heboohagi

adjective fight

hilo saele

adjective spread venereal disease

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

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rib

kangi baasi lua

double-edged

kii ange

verb increase

lava

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rich

lodo henua

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noun forest

lodo mao lalo

characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit

lua-aligi

adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)

maaili

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adjective fast

maanu iho

adjective to begin to fish while maanu

madaanga hulu maa dahi

number eleven

madua

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adjective old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

magini

a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

malianoono

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

manu

noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)

masavaa de gauligi

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childhood

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

masugi

adjective having a hole, pierced

masui

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left

me duu

clitoris

me pasa

noun radio

mmaolunga

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adjective high

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

mouli dangada

noun delinquent person (periodically exhibiting bad behavior)

muga

verb used (or done, heard, or known) over and over until bored with

ngadau age

older

ngadi basa

adjective small talk; idle conversation

ngadi humai

adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)

olaadeu

pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)

oomea

adjective afternoon (late)

pensele

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noun pencil

seeha dee na?

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what is that?

sunu

an oil slick on the water’s surface

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

te langi

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noun sky

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

vaasuu ai

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adjective steadily ‘like someone or something, feel affection for’ cf. vaasuu

vasu ai

like it

vivi

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noun female genital area