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aadea

verb clear (easily seen), unobscured

aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

ahulu

noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)

anaa ange naa

about that (here) much more

baabaoa

verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)

baasi e haa o de langi

the four quadrants of the sky

basa pada

adjective speak harshly

baua

verb figure out, determine

booi

noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)

buliaamou

adjective long for, homesick

buubuu

verb divination

daga

verb go from one place to another in a group

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

dama madua

noun eldest child

daula mada lau nui

noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

deledele saele

adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)

dogu

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pronoun my (for singular, inalienable noun)

dohi lau

verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)

doloinui

adjective a hard lump inside a female’s stomach ; a coconut of the youngest stage of development

doo

noun an evil scheme

dungu

verb smell (something)

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

gabaea

to hang oneself

gage saali

verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali

gai baalau

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

galaahuu

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noun cheek

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gamua

verb covered with gamu

ganimua

noun the eldest child of a couple

gava dea

reef heron - white phase

gave ala

verb a method of plaiting mats

golo

verb remember an incident with a view toward revenge

goloa

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noun groceries, supplies

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

hadi aho

adjective

hagaaha

verb cause to do what

hagaaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

hagadabena iho

verb prepare oneself, make oneself

hagadagado

hagadagado

to draft (a carving)

hagaduasala

verb suffer,punish

hagaduu gaiaa

adjective suspicious by nature

hagahaangoda

verb to teach to fish

hagaheiloo

verb make the acquaintance of

hagakii dalinga

verb producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something sweet is eaten

hagapili

adjective boring

haha

noun mouthodor

hala goobai

noun a wooden form used in making hats

hale

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noun hut

hale maadenga

noun mortuary house

hau singano

noun garland of singano

hebaa

adjective be close

hellumi

verb melee

henga

noun the name of a name-group

henuu

verb a method of plaiting

holi ange

resemble

hua bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit; used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

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huda

noun a verse of an old chant

hulo

verb go

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

ilaage mai

free from

ioo

adjective to make a sound indicating "take it"

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

kaa

adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds

kangi baasi lua

adjective double-edged

kave gi de mahi

obtain by force

langa de gubenga

to pull up a gubenga to store it away

lau de madila

a tuna of fair size

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

legia

noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

loadu

adjective go (toward the hearer)

madahuuhua

verb pimple

magaahi

noun embers

magi dabeo

verb menstruation

maholehole

adjective scraped,scaled (fish)

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malulu

adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)

maluulu de me

the weather is cold

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

mogobuna

noun grandchild,descendant of

molo

verb to make a knot of hair

momme hagassoe

noun court (of law)

moni

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noun canoe

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muna hai alaa

oh my goodness

ngadi moana

noun <= laangai ngadi moana>

nngaolia

verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

nohu

noun fishsp.: stone-fish

odea

noon, midday

sagulaa-dagua

noun fishsp.

sausau

noun fishsp.: lion-fish

sege de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

somo haahine

adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man

ssongo

stink

sugi de ngudu

the corner of the mouth

taina daane odogu dinana

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noun maternal uncle

tilo

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verb see, watch, find, seek out

tuu mugamuga

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buttocks

vai nui

coconut water from a mature brown coconut