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anaa ange maalie

those are exactly right

ango

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noun pearl

ao de me

noun daytime

badabaatai

adjective

balu malau

noun fish sp.

bangadala

noun fish sp.: seabass

bolengia

verb do something without reflection

boo

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noun night

boo seniseni

noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)

buibui

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noun cage; fence

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daa gee taahili

sing off-key

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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daahili daumaha

adjective a church song

daelodo gi lunga

a large number of

daga

verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

datada de galomada

twitching of an eye

dauagi

verb dry in the sun

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

daunadi

unclassified would it be better if (implyingdisagreement)...

dee galo

perhaps

dua pada

adjective to plait with thick strands

duagi

verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)

duuaa

verb to be in trouble

duudae baa

the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook

duuduu lagi

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

elaa

a sound indicating surprise

gabanibaonga

noun room (of a house)

gabinivali

noun a kind of ancient song

gahu

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verb undress

galeu

adjective a change of wind direction

galo hagalegunga

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

galoa

verb attractive to members of the opposite sex

gana

noun bad person

gasia

verb worthwhile,important,valuable

gavadu

adjective give or carry (something) to you

geesaama

noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

hada

shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house

hadu-bunga

noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma

hadumuna

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagahale

verb begin to form (of a situation)

hagammae lodo

verb insult (someone)

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hai aha

adjective what relationship

hale de henua

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thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

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hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

heiloo

adjective know each other,understand each other

honga iainei

at this time,these days

hono

verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)

kadi

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verb bite

kii adu

get out

kumi tangi

adjective to control one’s crying

laagau-bala-uda

noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)

langona iho maahana

feel punished or victimized

lau de ava

a tuna of large size

libo ange de henua

feel dizzy or faint, vertigo

lo te vvela

the hottest part (of the day, of a fire, etc.)

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’ conversation

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

maadai

noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)

maaguluaa

adjective dislocated (joint of the body)

maangalo

verb sweet

maasanga

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noun twin

maavae

adjective separated (two things),divorced

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

mahana

adjective hot (weather)

manava i lunga

manu hao vai

noun a bottle (of glass)

me abadai

noun european things (gear, etc.)

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

me hanga dalogo

ingredients of dalogo

midia ange

dream about

moaga

noun fishsp.: goatfish

moni dui

a canoe rigged for casting for tuna

muna abo (donu)

noun truth

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngudu leia

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

pono

verb to close

sagulaa

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noun marlin

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

seevoivoi

adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)

silasila

verb look around for

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

sogosogo

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alone

somo boi

adjective grow abnormally (having defects)

taholaa

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noun whale

udo

the soft wood around the center of a tree trunk

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush