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abo manu

adjective to correct someone without justification

abongi baasi

adjective capsize sideways

adaau

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

aha laa

I wonder why

anaa ai loo

those then are

atangada

noun generation, age set

baaua

noun fish sp., rabbitfish

badu

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verb kick

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

binge

adjective pink

daa (dau)

chanting (of old chants)

daahia

verb cleanoff

dabeo

verb unclean,unkempt

dae

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noun guts, intestines, buttocks

dae gi oona

be tops

dagua-loa

noun fishsp.: tuna sp.

dahido lima

noun upper arm

dahido vae

noun the back of the thigh

daia

verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)

dalaa ubu

noun charcoal from the coconut shell

dama ulungi

noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole

dangalebu de me

bad weather

dangi see

adjective cry aloud for a long time, wail

de heduu o taiao

noun morningstar

de hia

which number

dee hemuu

not on speaking terms

diidii ange

urinate against

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

dino

adjective a share of, allotment, portion

dolona

verb flooded, washedout

doo de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

gaahanga

noun a rope used to assist in climbing

gaalauanga

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noun plant species with long green leaves

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gaba aasanga

noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gaba-moe

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

gage de henua

invade

gage gaahanga

verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga

galeve

alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm

gi hanu donu huu

any kind whatsoever

giado taelodo

noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

goloa

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noun groceries, supplies

gumedi

noun bowl (wooden)

gumedi de henua

noun a type of bowl

hada

noun shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse

haele sala

spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.

hagaaualoha

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verb poor

hagademo

verb pout

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagalodo

verb to stimulate a desire for

hagamou

verb include in a mou

hagamuli

verb be late, tarry

hagaoda

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

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

hagatulu mai

ooze out

hai soa

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friendship

hala

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noun pandanus plant

honumia

verb filled with

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

kala

adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.

keeligi

verb put away against a contingency; take precautions

kolu de henua

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

laangidabu

time noun sunday

lagohia

verb wounded

lau tulugi

a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

lodo llidi

a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maanadu age

decide (arrive at a decision), make upone’s mind; think up

madaa gai

noun firstfruits

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

magi kino

adjective loss of appetite

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

matili mai

remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngadi hanonga

noun a useless journey

nigo

verb go around in a circle; wind around

noho dau donu

sit quietly

oda

verb eat (something) raw

olioli

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

onge

verb famine

ono

noun fishsp.: barracuda

sali ssavale

salivate

sangatai

mollusk, Spondylus

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

siga

verb to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool ; to escape (of fish) from a net (through its holes); sew up a hole (in clothing)

sigi manu

adjective to transplant a plant

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

siva-dahanga

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

sugi launui

noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf

tao o de me holu

noun arrow

uila

lightning, electricity

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)