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aahee nei

then what (immediate future)

aalu

verb intercept; send for

aasii

noun drum (native)

ada

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noun picture; movie

ahi

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noun fire

anaa loo

these (there) were the ones

au doga

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

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baalasi de ada

to take a picture

bangoa

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

basaa

verb be talked into

biigii hahine

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noun sow

boo danuaa

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good night

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

bunaa hoe

noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke

daalanga

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noun story (non-fiction)

daha de hia maa

about what time is it

dahi laangi

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noun Monday

dalaa mada

noun <= dalaa umada>

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

daula gage

noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree

daula luu hadu

noun testicle cords

de hua nei

this size

dele

verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

denga mee naa

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those ones (plural)

doi

noun stain (as for wood)

donu sala

adjective misunderstand

dubuna daane

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noun grandfathers

duu biho

adjective haircut; cut hair

duu gee

adjective out of alignment

duu-mmea

sea cucumber species

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

gaa

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verb burn (intransitive)

gaba-moe

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

galo

noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gana

noun bad person

gasi

adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)

gilaau

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pronoun they (dual)

gimaau

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pronoun we (dual, exclusive)

gogoo

adjective

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

hada

noun shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse

hagadau-me

adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue

hagadeegide

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verb be blind

hagaditidi mai de moni

a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)

hagadonu muna

adjective act as an interpreter

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagammidi

verb suction of a sea current, undertow

hagamua

verb be first; get closer to

hagasaaloa

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagasemada

verb make a total of ten thousand

hagassui

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verb urinate (piss)

hagatoo mua

verb take every possible precaution, insure

hhadi

verb snapped off

hhali gee

scoop out

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

labua gee lodo

to have an upset stomach (being on the point of nausea)

lalo ade

noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)

langadala tohi

noun a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

lanibene

adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)

lao

the posterior portion of the coconut crab

lau maalie

verb neat-appearing hair or feathers

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau hoe

noun the blade of the canoe paddle

lilo bule

adjective covered up completely

lodo llidi

adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

madaanga hulu maa dolu

number thirteen

madagauhala

noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area

madalama

noun tip of coconut palm leaf

madaono

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number sixty

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

mahola

adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)

mahuge

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verb open (intransitive, sing.)

Example: De abaaba gu mahuge. (The door is open.)

malama

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noun month

malibi

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fast

malo gulu

noun barkcloth

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

mee mmala

noun gallbladder

mee saabini uga

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reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)

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nanulia

verb the object of a complaint

nebua

verb be nebu

ono

barracuda

osi

a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

paa i tua tinae

have an empty stomach

pagola

noun bad luck, punishment

saniba

noun fishsp.: silversides

sau aloalo

verb echo

seeha deenei?

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what is this?

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

sobo

adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up

tua

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noun back (body part)

ubu hhoa

type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell