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aga

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aha goi

what next

ala

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verb awaken, wake up

alaange

adjective allowed to, permissible

baageaa ange

attracted to

bagkau

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noun wing

balu moso

adjective constant movement of the hands and feet, as when struggling (resembling the movements of a young starling)

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

boobosu

adjective

daaia

verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely

daamadaa-sele

noun insectsp.: waterbug

daane ssili dala

special one,important one

daelodo gi lunga

a large number of

dagamanga

noun path, route

dagisoa

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

dagoobala

verb fall on something and smash it

dagu hahine

my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)

dahi seene

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noun penny

dahu

verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire

dai sagana iho goe

watchout

dee tala mai!

don’t tell me

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

dili dai

adjective any current flowing away from the atoll

dinae o de laa

ballooning of a sail

doo i de...

expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)

doo ngaiho

adjective the blowing of the wind from the north

doo tahulinga

adjective bad-mannered

dua alohagi

noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling

duagi

verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)

dulagi sala

adjective bad situation; presenting a poor appearance (esp. when ill)

gaa, ula

verb burn (intransitive)

gaadinga lamallie

noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel

gaangidi

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noun mango

gabetili

parent-in-law

gahaalava

adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

galo-gila

goatfish

ganabu

noun the base of a coconut tree trunk

gau

noun grouping (of people)

gava uli

reef heron - grey phase

gemo

adjective fast, swift

gili dalo

hillock

gu gide huu

spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)

gubenga

verb a large net for fishing

gudu de biho

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noun head louse

hadu-i-de-ssala

noun coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral

hagadagodo

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to draft (a carving)

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hagadai

verb furnish salt to

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagahee mai

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verb return

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagapuni

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verb plus, add

hagasuihage

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verb exchange, trade

hagatevelia

verb cause to bristle

hala goobai

noun a wooden form used in making hats

hale goloa

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noun store

henua

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noun island, land

hesilihagi

verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

hua

verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)

igauli

noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)

ilihia ssave

the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

koli

verb scrape off (with one’s finger), scratch up

langa

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

lau tulugi

a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava

lobadia mai

to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)

loulou

to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

maadau gina

noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)

maamasa

adjective

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

magi nngahu

adjective asthma

magulu

adjective defeated

mahole

adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)

malili

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adjective scattered

malo gahu de boo

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sheet, blanket

malo gulu

noun barkcloth

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-de-hala

noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)

manugia

adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water

massogosogo

verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe

me-e-ligi

noun taro corm (small)

mmoa

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adjective cooked

moe danuaa

die in piece

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

ngudu maimai

adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome

nohu

noun fishsp.: stone-fish

nooligi

a small knife

oga

verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick

ogo

noun the attachment of a clam to the reef

saahea

adjective be caught (esp. fish) and secured

sagea gee

extremely sagea

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

savini dua

adjective run backwards, move backwards fast

sebugi

numeral billions

siili

noun a stick used in a children’s game

sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

sua hadu umu

stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven

vasega

apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)