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aausa

verb wake (of a ship)

abo manu

adjective to correct someone without justification

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

agoago

noun taro fibers

aha

verb what

alohi vae

noun sole (of foot)

baalanga

noun metal (any kind)

badodi gee

to jerk violently

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

basa dau donu

speak moderately

bigi lima

adjective hold hands

biigonga

noun a curve, way of being bent

boobosu

adjective

buu useahi

verb blurred

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dabanimeeli

adjective payment for medical treatment

dagasala

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fault, crime, guilt

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

dala-dalaa-moa

noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.

dalabaimanugadele

adjective sharp (as a knife)

dama iai

noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

damadanga

noun origin, source

dau manu

verb flock of birds (feeding on a school of fish)

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

de mee nei

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this one

dele de mahaa

starting to crack

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

denei naa ()

this will be it. (will this be it)

dugu de gubenga

set a gubenga net

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

ga vaa laa dangada

oh dear (that’s not good)

gabaea

to hang oneself

gadoi

verb a type of coconut with an edible husk

gelu haiusu

unicorn fish

goe iloo

it’s up to you

golee bukaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

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goloa labagau

noun carpenter’s tools

hadu-maadau

noun coralsp.

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagabuulei

verb put a ring on (someone)

hagadibadiba de lima

hagadili

verb produce offspring

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrespectful way

hagannagi

verb lean against

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hakino gee

filthy,disgusting

hale suunugi

noun a house with eaves touching the ground

hegai

adjective eat ravenously

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hhanga de ngudu

open one’s mouth

hhoa de lae

to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds

hoa

noun side (of humans), below the hips

hoe

noun a canoepaddle

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

hoo senga

adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed

hooia donu huu

at the best possible time or place

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

kii iho

adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)

kolu de henua

pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)

koomu

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noun comb

laangihagamouli

time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)

laomalie

adjective big

lau-gadaha

noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

llou

hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

lodo malangilangi

adjective happy

luu odaadeu

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

maadau dagi

noun a type of fishhook

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

mada tea gee

white as a sheet (of a person)

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

madumadua

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adjective very old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

maga

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verb throw

maga de hoe

to paddle vigorously

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

mami ange

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verb taste

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

masaala

verb clear-headed

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

milo

noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)

moe

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adjective round

moebili

adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime

mua mai (adu, ange)

adjective next to me (you, him)

ngu te

ogo

noun purlin

pilo

adjective stink

saalohia

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verb hungry, be

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

sau aloalo

echo

sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

ubu

kneecap; the shell of a coconut

unga

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noun hermit crab

vakaa

be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)