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aahee loo

when (distant future)

adumua

verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver

alaa dagodo

those there are the circumstances...

alamoi

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noun June

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

aoa-laosedi

noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral

augau

verb pus

baa

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noun mollusk sp., pearl oyster

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

baua

verb figure out, determine

bili i de lodo

unforgotten

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

daa mouli

take life away from

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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daahili lo te gohu

a popular (secular) song

dagaligiligi

adjective broken into small pieces

dagidogoisi

adjective very few for each one

dao

verb bake

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

dee laa

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over there

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

deua

noun back (body part)

dilo

noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

dohe

noun mollusksp: a bivalve sp.

dolodolona

verb often flooded

dona

noun wart, mole (raised)

dua gaahanga

noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)

duu donu

adjective vertical

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

gaaginga

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noun ladder

galo

adjective to show signs of being pregnant; a color change of fruit indicating ripening

gamedi vai salo

a type of bowl

gauvae

noun jaw; a set of false teeth

gave ala

a method of planting mats

geugeu

verb shake one’s head back and forth;

gida ma gida

each individual...

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haalala

verb stand leaning

haele sala

adjective spoil (children), bringup (children) badly

hagaava

verb relieve

hagadeegide

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verb be blind

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagaioo

verb cause to give

hagamanida

verb lift (something) up

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagaoda tugi

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

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hagausenga

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noun cloud

hagavaiduu

verb to act as though one were lazy

hau bule

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noun shell necklace

heduu

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noun star

hhaa

verb blossom forth

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hine duuhua

noun unmarried girl

huuhuna

adjective hide

iganibongi

noun fishsp.

kaba

adjective do prematurely

kai, dalanga

story

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

kii mai

decreasing

kumi

verb calculate (do arithmetic),figure out

langa de ivi

a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage

lauasaasa

verb skinny

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lui

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verb turn (something in a direction); change course. For long objects

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

maagau

verb die (plural subj.)

maalava

verb the fatty part of the turtle

mada hoodanga

noun a depression on the windward reef

mada-galisi

the stem of the coconut

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

magi labua gee

upset stomach (nausea)

mangoo-dahola

noun fishsp.: blacktipshark

manu-manga-lua

noun insectsp.: scorpion

mau ange huu

usually

me dili dai

any current which flows away from the atoll

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

moana dabeo

rough seas

molimoli

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

mule

adjective slow; late

muna e basa ange ai

noun answer

ngali

grind

nngolo

adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

oso

verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)

poo mai

a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)

saava

verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)

saga gi daha

saga away from; extend out in space

salua

verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed

saugalo saele

adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for

se aha au naa

you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree

sigo de muna

remember what one has heard

tigo

defecate

vaalanga

made up (of a story only)