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aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

abongi baasi

adjective capsize sideways

abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

aloha ai

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verb love intensely

angaanga mada nia

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fingernail

baalasi saele

shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people

bahhaa

adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly

buni lunga ma lalo

a pitch black night

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

daahanga

verb fool (someone), deceive

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dahi

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number one

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

datada

noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)

dauagi

verb dry in the sun

dibo

noun infant

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

dona

noun wart, mole (raised)

doo me

verb plant things

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

duu o de hine

noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.

gai ngaadahi

adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population

gana

bad person

gauasa

noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh

gaulama

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noun spine of the coconut palm

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

goa

noun termite

goo

adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)

goobai lau

noun a hat made from pandanus leaves

guaha

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why

hadu muna

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

hagaanu

verb cause to dance or sway

hagadaula

verb to anchor

hagadubu mangoo

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduu me

miserly

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagahee mai

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verb return

hagahulu

verb make a total of ten

hagailonga

verb sign,mark,signal,omen

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagamogomogo

verb cause to be muscular

hagangadimee

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

hagaoda

noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)

hagapigi saele

adjective go around with someone constantly

hagapogo

verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up

hai muna

adjective public meeting

hale o de henua

community meeting house

hallaba

noun the base of a palm frond spine; rifle

hanu

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verb have

hidu lau

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number seven hundred

hua-ala

noun flower

huaahenua

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community

ilo

noun worm

kolu de henua

pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)

laanganga

noun way of plaiting

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

lausese

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noun pants

lele tuli

childbirth

lludu

verb take all (of something)

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lodo manege

adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

ma tuai

noun coconut grater blade

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

mada sua hadu

noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)

madaa gamu

noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai

madaa sele

noun loop of a lasso or noose

madalua maa dolu

number twenty three

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

maisi

adjective peeled off

makaga

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adjective hard

mami ange

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verb taste

manongi

adjective fragrant; fragrance (esp. of flowers or perfume)

manu-mangamanga

noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)

mao lunga

adjective high,high-ranking

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

mmoa

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adjective cooked

molimoli

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to carry things repeatedly / in multiple trips from one place to another

muimuia

verb be muimui

ngadau age

older

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngaio

noun fishsp.: needlefish

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

saga

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

sali dodo

adjective bleed

salu mai

make smaller by planing or scraping

se galubu

very fast

ssali

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verb drip (liquid)

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law

tinana o dogu bodu

noun mother-in-law

uaua

crave (for food)

unusaagi

deception

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear