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aausanga

noun way of leaving a wake

aloha ina

helpful toward

ao de me

noun daytime

baasi

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noun side

badai

adjective meddle in others’ affairs

baibu

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noun cigarette

balagula

adjective clumsy

balu

noun fish sp.

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

buni

adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)

daaemai

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verb arrive

daagoli

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noun hard taro

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dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

daia e tuaadai

seasick

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

damaa dae

adjective skillful at catching flying fish

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

de ia

the, thing, it

dele de ada

dawn (first light)

diiloo

verb look after; look at attentively

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

doli iho

adjective to obtain the biggest first

dongi ange

appoint

donu ange

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verb understand

doo i hainga a me

wait for a long time (beyond the timeexpected)

doo me (ai)

verb make fun of, ridicule

doo tuugau

a dislocation of the tuugau

dotodi

adjective limping (as an action)

duagi

verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)

duga de gumigumi

verb allow one’s beard to grow

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

gaa lava

and then

gabou

noun fishsp.: scad

gadigadi

verb have itch

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gailalopoli

adjective stingy

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

gano dea

noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gavia

crazy person; insane person,

goloa haangoda

noun fishinggear

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

gubu lima

noun hand,wrist

haangoda dua agau

noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

haangoda dugidugi

adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaadugau

verb arrange things in a row or line

hagabiiginga

noun way of making sticky

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verb separated, be

hagadaga age

improving

hagadaula

verb to anchor

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagalaangaa

verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagamagua

verb to cause someone to steal

hagao

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verb buy

hagassoga

verb

hagassui

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verb urinate (piss)

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hagauea

verb a sleeping mat

hai lodo

resentful

hakaa

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verb sharpen

hale

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noun house, houses

hedangisi

verb make a noise by scraping things together, e.g. the grinding sound of jaws

holahola aalanga

adjective calisthenics,exercises

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

honu tai

adjective high tide

hua ligi

adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

ivi gaogao

noun rib

laagii

noun decoration,ornamentation

laagii baubau

noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)

labua gee lodo

to have an upset stomach (being on the point of nausea)

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

llahi

adjective thin (pl.)

llilo mai

decreasing (in number); becoming less

mada-galisi

verb the stem of the coconut

madangi

noun air

magano

adjective overripe (of pandanus only)

masalia

verb empty of water

mmala dana (dagu) maanga

lose his (my) appetite

mogomogo ina

muscular

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngahui

noun tens of coconuts

ngaiho

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noun north

ngau

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verb chew

ngaue mai

to reduce (in price, etc.)

ngudu gaiaa

verb charlatan

noho mua

adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)

odea

noon, midday

olo

noun beach

oo

noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

pogo

verb crumpled up

salu

verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)

senga

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drunk

solasola

not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

ssabe

adjective leave,go away

sunu

an oil slick on the water’s surface

tangada hagaai

poor fellow!