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aabi

noun room (of a house)

aalo dahi

verb do at one time

abo

adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable

aloha

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love; compassion; affection

angi

verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)

baa age

shallow (e.g., waters)

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

basa madua

adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)

basa senga

adjective speak senselessly

biigi haahine

noun sow

biliisi

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noun bridge

bobo

adjective rotten

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

daadaa mee

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verb (intransitive) carve

daane sauaa

noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

dadango

verb repeatedly fall upon

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dala-hagalulu-madangi

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

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangada duaagau

adjective an avid fisherman

dangolia

verb grabbed, fallen upon

danu

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verb bury

dauaadea

verb clear (with nothing in the way); unobstructed; cleared (of obstructions)

de ahi

noun the fire

denaa loo

that was the one

diba

adjective not level, tipped to one side

diha

verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dohu ange

sufficient for

dohu de gili

covered all over (skin) with

donadona

covered in warts/moles

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duu de ogaanga

having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)

gaavadu

verb give

gada

adjective laugh

gada gimoo

adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)

gada-ahai

noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)

galo gila

goatfish

gede

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noun basket

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gegeli

adjective struggle

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

gelu-hai-usu

noun fishsp.: unicornfish

giivada

adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination

gilaadeu

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pronoun they (plural)

gili malanga

verb a type of skin disease

gina

noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

gulu maimai

noun breadfruit with smooth skin

hadu-mangeo

noun cushionstarfish

hagadagodo gee ina

change

hagadulagi

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

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagamaa

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

hagaodia

verb finish up, be last

hagasugi ange

to use an abbreviated name or acronym

hai me magua

sort of steal

hai mogomogo

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adjective muscular

hai sseu

verb wasteful

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

hale

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noun hut

holi ange

resemble

hua-ala

noun flower

hulu made

noun the fading of one’s hair color (becoming white)

ibu

noun

kino made

adjective hate vehemently, completely disgusted

laba

noun a dancingpaddle

llabu

verb claw

llama

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noun dried coconut leaves used to catch flying fish

loeaa

a type of game

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

luu oluu

pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

maga

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verb throw

magiaa

adjective envious, jealous (non-sexual jealousy)

malena

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adjective stretched

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

manu-ligi

verb lice (immature); louse (immature)

me ne modu

decision

me vae

shoes, slippers

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

nao gasi

verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

nguu

noun squid (3 types)

nnamu

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verb smell

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

nounu

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verb to tie a knot so that it is easily undone (by pulling one end of the string)

pala de langi

it’s raining

po

verb touch

siga de mamu

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

singa gee

lean away from

soa hagaaloha

noun a good friend

tahi-laangi

noun Monday (’first day’)

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

tangada hagaai

poor fellow!

Unu

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the name of a star; the name of a folk tale character

vai geli

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well

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vvede

to massage