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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkbaa hagasalau
adjective make contact with while not aligned
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkbedage ina
shallow on the inside
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkboo adu laa
day after tomorrow at night
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdala mmea
verb redness or inflammation of the skin (e.g., a welt)
bookmarkdale gaiaa
verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run
bookmarkdama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkdamaa tili
adjective sharpshooter
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdau maagau
noun a period during which many people die
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdeeai
adjective
deledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdenaa maa
that is about (approximately)
bookmarkdoo dai
appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkdua daabasi
noun the size of fishing line appropriate for tuna fishing
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of a canoe mast
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
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galababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgoloa labagau
noun carpenter’s tools
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagaditidi vae dahi
hop on one foot
bookmarkhagaduu de uinga
to place stakes on the sides of uinga
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagailangi
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagaulu
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkhai maa
adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai me gavia
do crazy things
bookmarkhai mogobuna
adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhaigabungi
adjective act strangely, act shyly
bookmarkhala goobai
noun a wooden form used in making hats
bookmarkhhoa de lae
to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaadau iganibongi
noun a type of fishhook (biggest, for iganibongi fishing)
bookmarkmada duulanga
noun an important position (spatially)
bookmarkmada udua
noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmaluu
verb soft
bookmarkmanu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmuaamoni
a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmuu-madavai
noun fishsp. (rare)
bookmarkngadi me
noun nothing,unimportant,useless,worthless
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarkoo iho (age)
adjective able to enter, going up (down)
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarkpala ivi
adjective work beyond one’s endurance
bookmarkpili
adjective be bored
bookmarksai moni
a fleet of canoes
bookmarksambagidaa
sau alohenua
verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarkssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
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tibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarkulungaa iga
a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.
bookmarkunahi
scale (of a fish)
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