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au ga humai nei

"i’m going on my way now..."

baasi

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noun side

bapaba

adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)

basa pada

adjective speak harshly

bii o madahasi

a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night

biigonga

noun a curve, way of being bent

bodubodu

verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.

bugubugunga

noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

buu-ili

noun fish sp.

daangahulu dala buni

ten dollar bill

daanunga

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noun grave

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dana

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pronoun his/her (for singular, alienable noun)

dangau-dongi

noun fishsp.: snapper

daohi

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verb hold

dau

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verb read

dau

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pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)

delaa ange naa

about that (over there), much more

diidii ange

urinate against

doloinui

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

duge

noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu

duu ngavesi

noun a cover of a box

duudae baa

the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook

duulale

noun a type of game

eidu

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god, ghost, spirit

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

ganae

mullet

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gau

verb lymphnodes (enlarged)

gelgele dea

sand

gimoo lele

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noun bat

goe iloo

it’s up to you

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

haa lodo

noun the inner coconut palm frond

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

haame / huame

noun coconut, green

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagabigo de ngago

fool (someone), deceive

hagadaina

verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)

hagadalabaimanugadele

verb

hagadanuaa

verb make good, lead a good life

hagao ngadaa

adjective expensive

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hagauu

verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)

hai dubuna

adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild

hai hegau

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verb do work

hai maa

relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse

hale daumaha

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noun church

hanga-mea

noun

hano ahe

echo

hellumi de henua

mass confusion or panic

hhoda

gasp for breath

hulo gee

go away

hulu

adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)

ise ngaio

noun needlefish

kinei

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here

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

kona loo

too much

lapede

verb stumble and fall

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

llena

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

lodo basa

adjective talkative

lodo mao lunga

characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit

lou aama

adjective the submerging of the outrigger float

luu dolodolo

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

maalie

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adjective slow

maanadu bodobodo

adjective limited in intelligence

madaangahulu seene

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noun dime

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madangi danuaa

noun fresh air

madau-dalinga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

made

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verb look at in an effort to identify or recognize

madohi

adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point

manu somo

noun tree, plant

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

masulu de maasina

"a person has died."

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

mee o taane

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noun male genital organ

mmala

adjective bitter, sour; unlucky

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

moole

noun

muli tuuele danuaa

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good afternoon

musumusu

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verb whisper

nonu

verb filter,sift

ogo

noun the attachment of a clam to the reef

oho age

the following morning

olonoa

noun seacucumber sp.

sabala

adjective willing to

saga

adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)

saniba

silversides

sau aloalo

verb echo

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

senga manu

stupid (like an animal)

sinaa

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verb having white hair

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

soe

adjective straight, not crooked; level

taadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)

ubu hhoa

type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell

vaiduu

lazy