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adaada

dawn (first light)

adu henua

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noun group of islands

adu-balebale-i-dua

noun fishsp.: bonito

ahu

noun islet

alo maliae

noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating

baani

adjective lie down

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

basa baubau

verb speak badly of someone

basa gee

speak (or express oneself) strangely

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

bunei

noun fish sp.: batfish

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

daavalo

adjective make a great deal of noise (vocal)

dae

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noun guts, intestines, buttocks

dai seni

adjective sleepy

dalaa

noun (small) piece of, part of

dalanga a kai

a story which is not true

daonga

noun feast

debedebe

verb the folds of skin around the waist

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit

dili dangada

adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

donu gee

misunderstand

duasala

adjective hardship,difficulty

ga hia

how many will it be

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gaibea haahine

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female crab

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galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

gapese

a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)

gea

noun hawksbillturtle

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

gona

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noun belly button

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

haahaa

verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

hadu-bunga

noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma

hadu-i-de-ssala

noun coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagadamadama

verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagadegelia

verb

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagakii dalinga

adjective producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something very sweet is eaten

hagalili

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)

hagamano

verb make a total of one thousand

hagamao lalo

verb humble,modest

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagapogo

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

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai maalisa

having an overhanging reef shelf

hai madangi

adjective passwind (flatus)

hhau

verb tie up,fasten by tying (wrapping)

hhou

verb insist upon

holi ange

resemble

honu

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noun green turtle

hue

noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)

ingo

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noun name

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kano mouli

noun fresh meat (including fish)

kona loo

too much

laalaa

verb having many branches

lama

noun a dry coconut leaf

lao gau-me

verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills

llibo ange luu vae

run

loada

noun sputum

lodo baageaa

adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex

lollolo

verb oily

luu adaau

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pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

maagaga

adjective industrious

maangalo

verb sweet

madala mai

get free, be loose; in bloom

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

magi i de malama

menstruation

mahedua

noun sneeze

maido

noun fishsp.

malingi

adjective spilled, poured out

manu dabeo

verb trees and shrubs which grow as weeds

maoli

noun a suspicion which proves to be true

masavaa

noun time

masimasi

noun dolphin

mimi

adjective urinate

mmala

adjective sour; bitter

mmulu

verb stroke,rub gently

ngauda

inland of; landlubber

oia

adjective a sound used to communicate the tiredness of the speaker, or that the speaker recognizes his mistake

ono

numeral six

saava

skinny, thin (lacking in flesh)

sao

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verb escape

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

sii

verb spill out (e.g. too much food in your mouth)

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

tale

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verb touch quickly

tea age laangi

noun dawn

uila

lightning, electricity

useahi

smoke, steam

vivi

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noun female genital area