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alaa laa

those (there) which were there

basabasalia

verb be talked about frequently

bie

noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)

biigi laanui

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noun boar

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

bunei

noun fish sp.: batfish

dahido mada

noun inner corner of the eye

daholaa

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noun whale

daholaa/a

noun december

dai seni

adjective sleepy

dala gaogao

noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs

dangada gaiaa

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noun theives

dangidangi keli

adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech

danngaho

noun stomach

dao malui

noun a spear with a hinged barb

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

denaa ange maalie

that is exactly right

diha

verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

ditidi

adjective to skim across the surface of land or water

dohu de gili

covered all over (skin) with

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

doo de gulabe

prolapsed rectum

gabaduu

verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current

gai ina

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verb eat this

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

gea

hawksbill turtle

gide eidu

verb to see a vision, hallucinate

goloa hagadaahao

noun recreational equipment

guba-dee-gaina

noun fishsp.

hadi bala

adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagadaahili

verb make someone sing

hagadabena iho

verb prepare oneself, make oneself

hagadau doo

verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagamaaiongi

adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)

hagasenga

verb fool (someone),deceive,trick (someone)

hagasugi

verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname

hagatau

verb arrange (in order), a program; name one after another; refuse to do one’s part because of someone else’s actions

hai me dogaa

behave with embarrassment or shyness

hakki

noun esophagua; trachea

hale sseni

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noun sleeping house

hhali lo te laagau

a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)

hhola mai saiolo

to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)

hidu-laangi

time noun sunday (’seventh day’)

honga de masavaa

at the time of

hoolu

noun prow (bottom part)

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

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noun worm

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

laangai milo sanga

a fishing condition in which fish arenot inclined to bite

lahhie

noun firewood

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

laosedi

noun seawater

laso

noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab

llahi

adjective thin (pl.)

lodo dagidahi

have differing views (within a group of people)

loigulu

type of prepared food made from breadfruit

longohio

verb feel

maanessala

adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

magona

adjective extraordinary,outstanding,unusual

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

malemalemo

adjective

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

me gee

a coconut without any meat

me mmilo

current (in the sea)

meabo

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adjective true

midi

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noun dream

moa

noun birdsp.

moaga

noun fishsp.: goatfish

moana dabeo

rough seas

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moni lele

airplane

nao gasi

verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)

ngaio

needlefish

ngu te

niigoi

verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)

noodalo

duplicate

oa

gunwales (at the top of the canoe)

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

sae iho

adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)

sai moni

noun a fleet of canoes

sao de leo

clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice

sebu

adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time

seedaa

noun october

semada

numeral tens of thousands

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

tai, moana

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noun ocean, sea

tamaa gauligi

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noun child

ula

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noun lobster

vainui

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noun coconut water from a mature brown coconut