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adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

aha nei

let’s (now)

anaa ange

and these (there)

anaa muhuu

how about those

anga dogi

noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae

baa

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noun mollusk sp., pearl oyster

baa i de madangi

be hit (usually forcefully) by wind

balagelage gee

severely crippled

be hia

how many (according to someone)

bee

noun flatus, the sound of flatulence

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

daagami

noun bodyguard, soldier

dabuvae

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noun toes

dadango

verb repeatedly fall upon

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangaligi

noun type of basket

dau i tua

memorize

deaamonga

noun

dee hemuu

not on speaking terms

dee ngado mai

forever,eternally

denei tagodo

this is the situation...

dolo-mea

noun spinystarfish

dolu lau

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number three hundred

donu

noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)

doo de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

e lodo goe

watchout

gai nnao

adjective eat messily

gammenge-hai-gili-dabeo

noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma

ganabu

noun the base of a coconut tree trunk

gaso

noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gii talinga

tinnitus

giigii saele

adjective giggle

godi

verb to trim

haaligi

verb wrap from under, wrap around; to wrap something (e.g., a present)

haangaa lodo i de gai

be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagabibi

verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)

hagadau vaasuu

adjective be attracted to or like each other(of members of the opposite sex)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagaodea

verb the time at which it is midday

hagasee

adjective just barely;

hai gaavenga

adjective restless (of a child)

hai gai

adjective prepared food; cook food

hai mee

industrious

hainamanilaluoo

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

haonga

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noun hole

henua mounga

noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)

hhuda

adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time

hidu

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number seven

hoe pale

noun a type of canoe paddle designed for steering

hoohonu

verb

huaahenua

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community

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kano mugamuga

adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)

kona ange

become much worse

laagau hagadauaadea

noun a cross beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it

laanningi

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noun sleeveless shirt

lahhie

noun firewood

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

lau kena

noun leaves (or hair) that have lost their natural healthy color

launui

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noun coconut palm leaf

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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llama

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noun dried coconut leaves used to catch flying fish

llea

adjective say loudly

loeaa

a type of game

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

luungagi

verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee

mada hoou

adjective brand new

madaa hadu

noun grater (metal) attached to a board forgrating taro

madala mai

get free, be loose; in bloom

madua

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

malianoono

lizard fish

malingi

adjective spilled, poured out

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

me duu

noun clitoris

me hagadaahao

noun toy

mmala luu mada

stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)

modu mai (adu, ange)

become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession

musu

verb whisper(ing)

ngaue iho

adjective reduce (in rank, price, etc.)

niho gaina

teeth with cavities

nnamu

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adjective filthy with food (i.e., hands after eating)

nngahu

noun fishsp.: damselfish

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

saaluanga

noun a scratch (on the skin)

sahole

noun fishsp.: mountainbass

sau makaga de madangi

the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

se hagabau

do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean

seni magau

adjective sleep soundly (owing to exhaustion)

suusu

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noun shoe

taina daane odogu dinana

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noun maternal uncle

tao o de me holu

noun arrow

teve de gili

gooseflesh

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

vainui

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noun coconut water from a mature brown coconut

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)

vvela

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adjective hot, warm