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adilo

noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire

alaa ai loo

those there then are

alelo-hatuli

noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell

anei maa

these were about (approximately)

angi

verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)

ao age

daybreak (become daylight)

baalasi

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verb press

badodi gee

to jerk violently

bala

adjective soft, mushy, offering no resistance

basa

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verb speak

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

boaanga

noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)

bosu

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adjective full (after eating)

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

daa de masavaa

time’s up it is time for...

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

daelodo

noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu

dagisoa

adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)

dangage

verb raise one’s head up or back

dau hoohanga

verb the season during which birds lay eggs

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

denei naa loo

this seems to be

doo lalo

verb unsuccessful

duage

verb stand

duu taua

adjective outbreak of war

gaba de aasanga

a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

ganae-oo

noun fishsp.: threadfin

gau de henua

natives

gea

noun hawksbillturtle

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

haanau

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verb give birth

haaula

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verb set on fire

hada

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noun an elevated platform (e.g. for placing Samouli deity, or for sitting, sleeping, etc.)

hadu me llanga

lay out plaited work

hagaalukaba

verb cause to leave quickly, force out

hagadagado

hagadagado

to draft (a carving)

hagaduu i luu goo

hagaduugau

verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahula

the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagapago sala

unfortunate result

hagapogo

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

hagasogoisi

verb

hagausinga ina

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adjective cloudy

hagavalu (ina)

verb make a total of eight

hai aoa ina

verb bear misshapen fruit

hai damana

adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)

hai gaavenga

verb restless (of a child)

hai me madua

act grown up

hai moni

adjective sailor

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

hanu ange

some more

heiloo

adjective know each other,understand each other

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

henuu

noun placenta

hhedu

verb fold up (several folds), roll up

hua gulu

noun breadfruit (singular)

hua manu

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noun flower, fruit

huaalanga

noun a type of coconuttree

iai maalie

adjective just about right

inau

verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light

ivi-a-duimogo

noun pelvicbone

kano de langi

noun a blue and cloudless sky

kava

adjective to feel uncomfortably warm

kolu de henua

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

lalo

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preposition under

limadi

verb do fast or quickly

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

loadu

adjective go (toward the hearer)

maamasa

adjective

madaanga hulu maa lima

number fifteen

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

magalili

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adjective cold

mamu-honga-dai

noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)

mano

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number thousand

manu gulu

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breadfruit leaves

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manuhi

adjective hemorrhage

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

masui

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left

me dili dai

any current which flows away from the atoll

moe

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adjective round

mogo

noun coconutapple (young and edible)

muli madangi

verb sailing downwind

nabe

verb to hook under the waistband or belt

ngalue ange

increase

ngalue mai

decrease

ngole age

use smallest first

nohoa

verb occupied

oa

gunwales (at the top of the canoe)

obe

noun eye of the taro corm

puni

adjective closedup , be together (three or more things)

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sao

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verb escape

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)

ua dodo

rain of a reddish color - an omen of death

uli

adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)