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aalo

verb come by paddling

angia

verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

bau

adjective to be worth it

bugolo

noun coral sp.: faviid coral

buli

verb grab up

busi

verb blow (with the mouth)

buu unga

noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles

daaloa

verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)

dae

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dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

dahi i daho dangada

very popular

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

damana mai i daha

stepfather

danuaa

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hi, hello

dau ngaadahi

adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)

dee abo

uncomfortable (esp. socially)

dolu-inoha

time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

doonga a lima

one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar

dugi de lodo

to fish in various places (in the lagoon) in order to catch as many fish (of any kind) as possible

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows

eidu

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god, ghost, spirit

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gaagaasia

verb rubbed against (of lines only)

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gage gaahanga

verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga

gahaalava

adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)

gailalopoli

adjective stingy

geu gee

to jerk one’s head away from something

gili belu

verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)

gima

noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)

golee bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

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hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagadama

verb to treat as a child

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagahana age

recook for several days

hagaheohi

verb to correct (someone or something)

hagaholi

verb begin to form (something)

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagao ngaohie

inexpensive

hai de gubenga

to use a gubenga for fishing

hai donu

adjective do properly by accident; do on purpose

hai me a gauligi

a childish act

hailu

verb wipe oneself (after defecating)

hakaogao

verb to sit on one buttock

hakoloa

verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)

hale duu biho

barbershop

haonga o taalinga

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noun hole of the ear

hili de hau

make a hau

holau

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noun canoe house

hua nnui

adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)

huui luu lima

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verb wash hands

ina-gi-hale

a row of thatch

ivi gaogao

noun rib

laamasee

noun a divination result indicating good fortune

laangai milo sanga

a fishing condition in which fish arenot inclined to bite

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laosedi

noun seawater

lau kena

adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color

leengia

verb jump on; be flown into

llama

verb fish for flying fish (at night)

longaa

adjective annoyed by noise

loua ama

verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged

lua-laangi

time noun tuesday (’second day’)

maadau gina

noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)

maalie ange

a little later

maalo

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adjective very strong

maanetonu

adjective act cautiously

magau

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verb die (singular subj.)

mahana

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adjective hot, warm

manava duuia

adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

massogosogo

verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe

masui

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left

me hagalolo

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

me hanga dalogo

ingredients of dalogo

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

mmahi

adjective strong, strength, force, power,energy

moa

noun the blossom of the banana tree

momme hagassoe

noun court (of law)

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

muli madangi

verb sailing downwind

nege

verb move (something) a little way over

ngago gaagoo

noun chicken egg

ngahui

noun tens of coconuts

ngaoheohe

verb easily bent (impermanently)

nnoa nounu

verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it

pagola

noun bad luck; punishment

sao gainga

adjective sweep or cleanup trash

sii tae

adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)

ssaga bau

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noun elder brother

talinga

noun ear

tilo buna

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noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)

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