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aaunga

noun the incompletely burned earth oven fuel remaining when the oven is uncovered

au doga

noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary

baguu de laa

past noon

balabala

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adjective soft

bangoa

adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic

biigi laanui

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noun boar

biini

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noun pen

bono aasanga

adjective a method of fishing (by blocking the channel at high tide)

boolonga

noun testament

daa gee taahili

sing off-key

daasele

verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip

dagodo mai

appear from yonder

daia ma gu magau

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verb killed, be

dau

noun cover for an earth oven

dau duadae

be a sucker, be fooled easily

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

denaa ai laa

that was it

diibanga goo dii

a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")

dinae

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noun stomach

dohu de gili

covered all over (skin) with

ga sui nei

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verb wet, become

gaa de malala

gaadu

verb give (colloquial)

gadi

verb bite

gano dea

the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gau bini baalanga

an iron rod

gina

noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner

gu odi ange ona

he has done all he could

haa

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number four

haanau

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verb born, be

haangoda dua agau

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

haga vela

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verb hot, be

hagaalo-mea

verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)

hagabasa

verb cause someone to speak; convince

hagadiba

verb incline to one side

hagahana iho

adjective recook for a little while

hagamaasei ange

make smaller (away from one)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagammau

verb memorize

hagapago donu

adjective fortunate result

hagauea

verb a sleeping mat

hahine

noun woman

hainga soe

noun a just law

hakaa

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verb sharpen

hakaa tuai

to sharpen a coconut grater blade

hale baabaa

noun frame house

hale de henua

noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)

haonga o taalinga

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noun hole of the ear

haula

verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)

heduge

noun slate-pencilurchin

hevaalogi

adjective the screaming of many people at the same time

hhanga

verb split open, open up, or separate, all at once

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

hologumi

adjective

honu ssele

noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)

hulu

noun reactive hostility

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

ili taalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength

langadia

verb able to remain afloat with a load

lau de madila

a tuna of fair size

launui

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noun coconut palm leaf

limasisi

noun pinky finger

llimu

noun a small honu

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luduludu

trembling

madala mai

get free, be loose; in bloom

madamada

half-cooked

madania

noun finger

magi hai dama

morningsickness (of pregnancy)

mami ange

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verb taste

manavasaa

adjective worried, apprehensive,fearful

manu

noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

mau haahine

adjective attractive to women (for someinexplicable reason)

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

me holu

noun bow

me maaguluaa

noun dislocated joint (of the body)

misi

adjective a sound made by sucking through pursedlips

moni gabegabe

noun paddling canoe

ngadi ngavesi

an empty box

ngago

brain; egg

ngavesi

box, coffin, crate

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

niho hagadolo

noun incisor teeth

odea

adjective noon, midday

onge

famine

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

saganaa iho goe

watchout

sauaa

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noun magic

sauduu

noun mermaid

sauvalovalo

verb echo

sii bido lua

vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)

solo

verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)

sseni

verb sleep (pl.)

Example: Gilaadeu nogo sseni anaboo. (They slept all night.)

tamaa gauligi

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noun child

tilo ange

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verb raise

ulu-dugi

hawk fish

vaagia

found or caught doing something wrong