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aasolo

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)

alasala

adjective vicious

avaava

verb full of holes

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

basa degidegi

adjective speak disconnectedly with rage

basa lilo

adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)

basa senga

adjective speak senselessly

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

buga

noun plant sp.: tree sp. (pisonia grandis r.b.)

buu-ili

noun fish sp.

dabaduu

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

dagisoa

adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)

daguu kalo

noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade

dahia

verb shave

dahola

verb fish, hunt (at night)

dai

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noun west

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

daogili

noun

dau

noun cover for an earth oven

dauaa

verb wrinkled

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dua gi lunga

thicker (line or rope, etc.)

duai

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noun bench fitted with a tool to grate coconuts

duu gaso

adjective vertical,straight up and down

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

e galemu

it’s alright

edeemaua

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impossible

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gaba de aasanga

a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gainanga

verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gau de henua

natives

gaulama

gaulama

noun thick spine of coconut palm leaf

gidee mai

found out (or be found out)

gii talinga

tinnitus

gulu bala

tree-ripened breadfruit

hadu me llanga

lay out plaited work

hagabaasi

verb do toward one side

hagadulagi

verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse

hagadungu

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verb sniff, smell

hagamagua

verb to cause someone to steal

hagame ange laa

a little later

hagammidi

verb suction of a sea current, undertow

haganna

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to calm down someone who is excited or unhappy

hagausi

darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)

hai baasi

adjective take sides against, oppose

haingaa me

noun work requiring a large work force

hanu mee

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

hellumi

verb melee

henua gai dangada

noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

honohono

verb having hono in several places

huevini

noun a type of string figure

ili luu bongaa usu

to dilate one’s nostrils

inau

verb to look for coconut crabs at night

ivi laanui

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backbone

ivi-a-duimogo

noun pelvicbone

kaianeane

adjective show-off

laagau-doi

noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made

laangi dabeo

verb a day which is rainy and stormy

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

lao gau-me

verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills

lele sseni

adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lima

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arm

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

longohio

verb feel

longoiho

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verb feel

luu oogu

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pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

ma gi

in order to

maagau

verb die (plural subj.)

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

madannia madua

noun thumb

maga de gau dogi

masturbate (of males only)

malogahu

noun collared shirt

malu gohu

adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)

mammamu

noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)

manu solo laagau

file (for filing wood)

manu-kono

noun pigeon

mmasi

adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

moni

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noun canoe

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nguu

squid

noho mua

adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)

saniba

silversides

saohia

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adjective free

se hono

fit well or properly

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

taina daane

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noun brother

tainaahine

noun sister

tamana o dogu bodu

noun father-in-law

tangada agoago

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noun teacher

tinana o dogu bodu

noun mother-in-law

uiila

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noun lightning

vaivai daahili

a dirty song