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aagai

adjective continually wanting to eat

aahee

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ahi dangada

noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)

anaa ai huu

those only then

baa ange

close to, near to

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

baibu

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noun cigarette

baoa

verb wash up on shore

bau ange

capable of, be the equal of

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

bua moe

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noun virgin

buliaamou

adjective long for, homesick

daaemai

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verb arrive

daahili

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noun song

daalea

adjective tired

daamada

daangenge

verb meaty (not having much fat)

dae

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intestines

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dala-hagalulu-madangi

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

dama dagidahi

noun the only child of a couple

dama doo

noun a foetus which has been aborted

dama ulungi

noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole

daula sele nui

noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it

dauulu

verb verdant (indicating growing well)

dee vaaseegina

hardly able to wait for

denei ange

this is another one

denga mee naa

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those ones (plural)

dilo

noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

dua lligi

adjective thin (line or rope, etc.); fine (thread, etc.); tenderly

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

duu-uli

noun seacucumber sp.

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

ea

adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gadinibidi

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a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

gaha biigi

noun a rope for tying pigs

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

gai mamu dua nnui

to eat fish up (not saving any for later)

gaibea-lausedi

trapezeid crab

galamata

noun eye

gaso

noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gau

noun handle,appendage

gauanga mahagi

noun dislocated thighbone

gidee iho

adjective be aware of oneself

gieuli

noun lizardsp.

gili hano

verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk

golomagi

verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)

hagadaga ange

increase in

hagadaina

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

hagadili

verb produce offspring

hagaida

verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

haganna

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to calm down someone who is excited or unhappy

hagaodia

verb finish up, be last

hagapago sala

unfortunate result

hagasae gili

verb pierce the skin superficially

hagasaohia

verb make oneself available

hagasuihage

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verb exchange, trade

hai soa

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friendship

hakii adu

get out

hano muhuu loo

let’s see...

hhagi

verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time

huaa bodu

noun family

hune

noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

husi

taro bag, swamp

ili luu bongaa usu

to dilate one’s nostrils

kena

noun pale; whitish yellow

koomu

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noun comb

lau de madila

a tuna of fair size

leu

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adjective ripe; the yellow color of softness of fruit (indicating ripeness)

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maanadu gelo

adjective profound thoughts

mada-galadi

noun fishsp.: jack

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madangi

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noun wind

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mahagi

adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)

malili

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adjective scattered

ngalue mai

decrease

ngani mai

ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)

noho hagamaaiongi

adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

osi

a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

sangatai

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

saunga

adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor

siia gi moana ngaadai

drift downwind, away from land

silasila

verb look around for

sinaina

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verb having white hair

suunibongi

a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night

taina ahine

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noun sister

tainadaane madua

noun elder brother

uludino

shed skin (as reptiles do)

vai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush