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alobagi

verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll

aloha ina

helpful toward

ava

adjective relief, be relieved

baalasi ange

compete hard against (as in team sports)

bale

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verb help

biini

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noun pen

bingge

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adjective pink

boo ga dae laa

my goodness

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

daa

noun a bunch

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daane

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noun, adjective man; male

daane hebagi

adjective soldier

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

daemahalia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

dangi

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verb cry

dao me hholu

noun arrow (for a bow)

dauaalu

verb always borrowing or begging

day

laangi

de mee nei

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this one

dee nei

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noun this

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

denei ange

this is another one

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

diiloo

verb look after; look at attentively

dili de lima

to swing one’s arms (when walking)

dolo

adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)

doo tuugau

a dislocation of the tuugau

dugilima

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noun elbows

dungagi

verb nod (one’s head)

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gaadinga osi

a coconut selected as a seedling

gadi

verb bite

gaha uli

adjective having brown (ripe) coconuts (of a coconut tree)

gahuduna

noun ridgepole cover

gai baalau

verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gavadu

adjective give or carry (something) to you

gulu maimai

noun breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hadu golaa

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noun sharpening tool

hadu-bunga

noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma

hadumuna

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verb lie (tell untruth)

haele

verb bringup (children), discipline (children)

hagaamuli

verb treat as junior

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagaheohi

verb to correct (someone or something)

hagaholi

verb begin to form (something)

hagailonga

verb sign,mark,signal,omen

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hai mogomogo

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adjective muscular

hakolona

noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)

hala

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noun pandanus plant

hedogi

noun the sound of tapping

hhui age

eat a snack

hoonu de maasina

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noun full moon

hoosenga

adjective shy,embarrassed,bashful

hou

verb drill (native bow drill)

huadia

noun fishingpole

hulu

adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)

hulubala

verb smeared with grease or paint or food, etc.

inau

verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light

kobu

adjective splash (once)

laangi dabeo

verb a day which is rainy and stormy

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

lamallie

adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)

langadala tohi

noun a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind

lau de ava

a tuna of large size

lau maalie

verb neat-appearing hair or feathers

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

llao

verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

maadau duiagi

noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)

maava age

belch

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

madila

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noun bamboo

manava bodo

adjective shortness of breath

moenga

bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping

moni

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noun canoe

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

moolau

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verb hurry

moolau lodo

noun having a shorttemper

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

muni

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hidden

ngadi humai

adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)

noho dau donu

sit quietly

odi

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adjective gone, finished, used up; already, very (mv.)

ono

numeral six

paa de hoa

happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)

sae de hadu

make a grater (by punching holes in sheet metal)

sagana

verb watch carefully, keep an eye on

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sao

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verb escape

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

siga de mamu

an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

somo

verb grow, develop; coconut apple

sui

change, replace