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alualu

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verb fish, hunt (during the day)

bae

verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)

balia

adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)

daa gi magau

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verb kill

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

daahili daumaha

adjective a church song

dabaduu

noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)

dahido mada

noun inner corner of the eye

dahulinga

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custom, habit

dalanga a kai

a story which is not true

dangau-laha

noun fishsp.: snapper

dao de laangi

celebrate

dao hagaahulu

verb to leave an earth oven covered, even after the food is cooked

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

de ahi

noun the fire

deehee

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doo i de...

expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)

duaa nui

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noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf

gai ga aha

too bad

galani

adjective almost finished, nearly finished;

galua

verb having viscous sputum

galubu

noun a type of toy

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

gasa

adjective run aground

gau henua gee

foreigners (lit., ’people from other lands’)

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

gili dabeo

verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm

gilisau

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verb undress

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

hadahada

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chest

hadu manava

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noun heart

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaava

verb relieve

hagabaa

verb cause to come into contact with; chase by trying to head off

hagadaahanga

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagadibadiba de lima

hagadiingia saele

adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays

hagagaagaa

verb behave like a baby

hagahonu age lodo

feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat

hagao ngaohie

adjective inexpensive

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hebaledage

verb a confluence of currents (making the water choppy)

henuu

verb a method of plaiting

hilo ange

mix with

huudanga

noun way of singing

iho daahagi

adjective a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears

ina

verb to light up an area at night (esp. for hunting land crabs)

kaa

adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds

laangaa

verb to plait completely

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

lau me

noun adjacent (of taro plots only)

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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lodo basa

adjective talkative

loha

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noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)

lollolo

oily

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

lugu

verb take or obtain something by force

maamaa

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verb chew

maanadu

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verb think

maanu

adjective to float in place (not drifting) on the surface of the water (with no anchor)

mada agamu

noun the essential design features of tuai

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

maduilau

noun fishsp.: goatfish

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

magi

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adjective sick

magi haahine

menstruation

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

mahedua

sneeze

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

manu solo laagau

a file (for filing metal)

massaganga

verb to be very dry

maunuunusi

adjective

me hagasili

a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)

mmahi

adjective strong, strength, force, power,energy

moana dabeo

verb rough seas

muli mai ange

a little later, byandby

muna o de henua

a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)

noho donu

adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)

odea

adjective noon, midday

odi ange

even (number); complete (none missing); reach the maximum

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sango

adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)

sau aloalo

verb echo

se agoo

adept at

sege de gauanga

dislocated thighbone

siga de mamu

an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)

sigi manu

adjective to transplant a plant

somo haahine

a fleshy (non-muscular) man

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

vai

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noun liquid, water

vange

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verb give

velo de hagasii

a type of game