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adu laa

after tomorrow, the one after the next one

alaa ange maalie

those there are exactly right

anaa ange naa

about that (here) much more

anaa maa

those were about (approximately)

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

anei nei

these now

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noun yellow root, used to treat bruises; tumeric root

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aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

badodi gee

to jerk violently

balangi

noun fish sp., tang

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

bula

adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)

buu tangada

noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)

daa gi magau

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verb kill

daahili

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noun song

daane ssili dala

special one,important one

daba

adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye

daballahi

adjective thin (of long flat object)

dagalonga

noun path, route

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

dala

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dao

noun a spear, branch of (part of)

dau haanau

noun a period during which many children areborn

dauhuli (ange)

noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face

diinonga

adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)

dogai

noun transverse tiebeam

dogoduli

adjective crouch on all fours

dongi ange

appoint

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

dungu iho

adjective smell oneself

duulua

noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)

eba

noun a sleeping mat (child’s)

elunga

noun top of, the position over (something)

gaavadu

verb give

gai nnao

adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)

ganimuli

noun the second child of a couple

gauanga

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noun thigh

gava

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noun black bird species (eats lizards and fish)

gini hua o hegau

to receive the rewards of work well done (or punishment for evil deeds)

haa llau

number four hundred

haanau

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verb born, be

haga mahana

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verb heat

hagaanu

verb cause to dance or sway

hagaaoa

verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)

hagahaunu

verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hai maa

relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse

hai maalisa

having an overhanging reef shelf

heboohagi mai

found fighting

heduu

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noun star

hhoda

adjective gasp for breath (once)

honga de masavaa

at the time of

kivi

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adjective thin (for people)

kosi

verb to scratch (once)

laalaa

verb having many branches

laangai huli de moana

a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting

laangai sahole

noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting

langa

verb weave

laohie

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noun drought; dry weather

lau maalie

verb neat-appearing hair or feathers

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

lehu

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noun ash(es)

lludu

verb take all (of something)

luu meenei

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these things (dual)

luu odaadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

maanga booi

noun a fingerful of booi

mada sua hadu

noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)

made sala

adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another

magi ssae aalanga

sore muscles (not associated with strain)

maidigi

noun august

maluu

verb soft

manavasaa

adjective scared; afraid

manu-gadi-niho

noun plantsp.

me gu modu

decision

mmade aalanga

adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)

moana dabeo

rough seas

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

nabe

verb to hook under the waistband or belt

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

nodi

verb to tie a knot in the hair

noobiho

adjective be enemies (of individuals only)

sae de hadu

make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)

sali dodo

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verb bleed

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stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

sege de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

seloo

numeral millions

seni ange

rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)

sigi

verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)

ssema

jellyfish species

teve de gili

gooseflesh

togo dahi

first

uadanga

an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship

uila

lightning, electricity.

uli

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