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aahee naa

then what (distant future)

aalo dahi

verb do at one time

abasasa

noun European

anei sili

these were enough

anga baabaa

noun mollusk sp., spider conch

angaanga

noun body

basa hagamao lunga

speak arrogantly

basa madua

adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

bido gamu

uselessly short

bongabonga

adjective bent up

daamadaa-sele

noun insectsp.: waterbug

dabuvae madua

noun big toe

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

dagi ala

adjective go around aimlessly

dagu made

perhaps,maybe

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)

dale gaiaa

verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

damana mai i daha

stepfather

dangada hai valaai

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noun shaman; someone who does traditional medicine

daula

verb rope (heavy); anchored (of ship)

dee kai laa dangada

so, it’s not so after all (just as we believed at first); no wonder

dehui

noun tens of coconuts

denei tagodo

this is the situation...

dogi daadaa

noun adze with a small blade for light chipping

dungu iho

adjective smell oneself

duu baeao

noun piece of coconut husk

duubulei

noun head of the penis

duudae

noun feces

duuduu

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

eu sege

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

gai nnao

adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)

galeve

sakau drink

galo

noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gau mai vaga

noun <= gau mai moni>

gede hadu

noun a type of basket

goloa haangoda

noun fishinggear

gulunieli

noun plantsp.

haangoda dua agau

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

hadi de uga

the curvature of a fish line when angling (due to underwater currents)

hagalueia

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vomit

hagammau

adjective poisonous

hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrepectful way

haganna

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to calm down someone who is excited or unhappy

hagasaangia

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagasele age

verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hai muna

adjective public meeting

hai sala

adjective mistake,error

haigamaiana

adjective effective,useful,worthwhile,important

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

heiangi

adjective smart, intelligent, clever

hhoda

adjective gasp for breath (once)

hidi bido dane

slow-moving or slow-working person

hoa

noun side (of humans), below the hips

huahuaa me

noun

ilosia

verb wormy or maggoty (of something decayed)

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

llou

hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

loange

adjective go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)

lodo kabi

verb filled to capacity

lodo lanea

adjective large in volume

loimada

noun tears

maalama

verb light (not dark),bright

maalo age

have become maalo

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

maanuga

verb a wound1 or large sore (on the body)

madangi

noun storm

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

makaga

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adjective hard

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

malu gohu

adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu vaaligi

noun insect (small)

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

masausau

verb goodat fighting

massogosogo

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

me naa gi...

I wish that...

mmade ange aalanga

adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged

moounga

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noun mountain

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

nganangana

adjective loud (noise) repeatedly

ngani

adjective going around in a complete circle (likea belt)

paa ono pagola

punished for his bad deeds

saba

verb be in a precarious position

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

sai

verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)

sigale

scull (a boat)

sigi manu

adjective to transplant a plant

sili gee

stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height

ssaga bau

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verb find

taina ahine odogu bodu

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noun sister-in-law

talinga

noun ear

ulungaa iga

a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.