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alaa laa

those (there) which were there

alaa loo

those (there) were the ones

alaa maa

those there were about (approximately)

baalasi

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verb press

baalasi ange

compete hard against (as in team sports)

beea

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noun bear

busi

verb blow (with the mouth)

dagaa de maadau

to tie a leader to a fish hook

dagalonga

noun path, route

dago

noun ritual activities,religious activities

dangau-paava

noun fishsp.: snapper

daumaha daahili

noun song service (in church)

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

dee gide

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blind

denaa ai

therefore (with respect to this, there near you, or concerning, you)

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

dolo mea

noun spiny starfish

dolu laangi

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noun Wednesday

donadona

verb covered with dona

doo ade

duage

verb stand

dubuna haahine

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noun grandmothers

dugu de laa

noun lower sail

duu uli

noun sea cucumber species

e lodo goe

watchout

ga aha

and then did what

gede gabi de husi

noun a type of basket

gede hadu

noun a type of basket

geesaa

noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii

gili malanga

verb a type of skin disease

giligili tai

horizon

goli manu

adjective pick flowers

gona

noun belly button

gubenga

noun large net for fishing

haangoda de lodo

to fish in the lagoon

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagabuu ange

blame (someone), incriminate (someone)

hagaduu me

miserly

hagahedae

verb make equal; go to meet

hagaheloongoi

verb compare; act as an intermediary or mediator; get acquainted with

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagamaingaa

verb cause one to feel maingaa

hagammau

verb memorize

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagapasa

verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other

hagasahu

verb to catch water (in something)

hagaseloo

verb make a total of one million

hai

verb do

hai ange

do to; do for, fix; say to

hai damana

adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)

hala dudu

a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)

hale dabeo

noun menstrualhut

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

hoe

noun a canoepaddle

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

hue

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generic term for "fern"

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igohi

verb firetongs

laagau hagadauaadea

noun a cross beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it

lili baasi gee

accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member

lima sisi

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noun little finger

llau

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number one hundred

lodo degi

having a forgiving nature

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maangoa

adjective to be dry

madalua maa lua

number twenty two

madangi

verb wind,gas,flatus

magi dehenua

verb have fever

mahamaha

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adjective beautiful

mami

noun papaya; papaya tree

mami

verb taste (of something)

mana

noun supernatural power

masoasoa

spacious

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

me gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature

me pilo aha

what’s the point of doing this

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

molimoli ange

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngali

grind

odaau

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

ono-malama

time noun june (’sixth month’)

onoonogia

verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

pee

adjective pass wind (flatus)

pogo

verb crumpled up

sali dodo

bleed

se hagabau

do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean

siga

verb to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool ; to escape (of fish) from a net (through its holes); sew up a hole (in clothing)

soe lodo modu

to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)

solo

to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro

ssele i de niho

damn it!

taa malo

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verb wash clothes

taina ahine odogu bodu

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noun sister-in-law

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

tamadaane

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noun boy

tee langi

noun sky

tua

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