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aahee maa

about when (future); about how much

alaa naa

those only

aloha

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love; compassion; affection

alohaai

verb love intensely

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bido muna

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noun word

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

boo adu laa

day after tomorrow at night

dagalonga

noun path, route

dagodo lalo

adjective seriously ill and not improving

daia e tuaadai

seasick

dala

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verb unfasten, undo, untie

dalepagi

adjective fight hand-to-hand

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

datada

verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

deainga

noun nothingness

degi

adjective kind, generous, forgiving

dinihu

verb industrious, hardworking

dogoisi mai

adjective decreasing (in number)

donadona

verb covered with dona

dubuna daane

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noun grandfathers

duu beleala

noun immature coconutapple

duugiva

adjective rough texture, of a plaited object(such as a mat)

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

eu sege

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

gadagada

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verb laugh

galaanga

verb to look for members of the opposite sex by walking around at night

gannui

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noun meat inside a young green coconut

golomagi iho

adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit

gooluu

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pronoun you (dual)

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

gudu gaadu

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noun dog flea

haangoda de agau

a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)

hadu-uaua

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

hagaaduadu dangada

verb critical of others

hagabinga

verb name (something)

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadaahao ai

do something as though it were a game

hagadagodo gee ina

change

hagaduu de uinga

to place stakes on the sides of uinga

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamanavasaa

adjective risky,dangerous

hagamele

verb

hagasao

verb letout (something), disburse (money)

hai damaahine

adjective the relationship between parent and daughter

hai dangada

adjective the relationship between relatives, related (of persons)

hai me daahea

search for driftwood or other beachedobjects

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hale denga manu

noun hive (house for animals)

hili

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verb choose

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

hua gulu

noun breadfruit (singular)

huaalavao

verb a strong wind

huamanu

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noun fruit

ibu

noun

iga-loa

noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)

ilihia tinae

adjective a stomach distended by gas

ina

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

inai

noun a type of mat

kave dahi

adjective do at one time

laa ange

and those there

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

langa

verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another

langi haanau

noun a certain kind of rain

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

llagu

verb claw

llilo mai

decreasing (in number); becoming less

maanga booi

noun a fingerful of booi

maaui

verb givebirth to, born

madamataia

verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

malibi

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fast

manu vaaligi

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noun insect

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moomodu

adjective ; collapse completely

moosugia ange

somewhat moosugia

muga

verb used (or done, heard, or known) over and over until bored with

muimuia

verb be muimui

musa

verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water

nao gasi

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

ngadi hanonga

a useless journey

ngalue mai

decrease

nngao

verb loud (sound)

noho lalo

adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)

saavale

verb spit,drool,sputum

sae

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verb (transitive) to tear (fabric, paper)

sae de hadu

make a grater (by punching holes in sheet metal)

sala

noun mistake,error,accident

sali dodo

bleed

sali ssavale

salivate

sau aloalo

echo

sseni

verb sleep (pl.)

Example: Gilaadeu nogo sseni anaboo. (They slept all night.)

tangada maagaga

industrious person

ubu hhoa

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

ulu-dugi

hawk fish

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)