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aagonga i lalo

noun social class of those who know magic

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

adu

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noun skipjack tuna

adu ange laa

the one following the one in question

alaa dagodo

those there are the circumstances...

anaa sili

those were enough

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

badabaataianga

noun

bau

adjective to be worth it

buga

noun plant sp.: tree sp. (pisonia grandis r.b.)

daa gaiaa

verb to murder someone so that others don’t see

daa iho

adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)

daaligidanga

noun the slope of a canoe’s keel

daasele

verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip

daga holiage

verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around

dalia-mea

noun mollusksp.: mitra mitra

dangaligi

noun type of basket

dauoni-baabaa

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

de mee nei

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this one

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

deebele

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noun tables

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dili dagidahi

happening continually but one at a time

dogi hoda

noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like

dogoisi

adjective few

dolo

noun sugarcane

dolodolona

verb often flooded

doo ngaiho

adjective the blowing of the wind from the north

dugu de uinga

to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga

duoi

noun parasites (intestinal) of fish

ga aha

and then did what

gaadinga osi

noun a coconut selected as a seedling

gaaui

verb a line (for retrieving) attached to a spear; assemble (something from parts) byfastening together; strap, harness

gabetili

noun parent-in-law

gahoo

verb wear

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

galasi

galo-gila

noun fishsp.: goatfish

ganava

noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)

gano agau

noun reef (including land thereon)

gasigi

noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)

gau de henua

natives

gava-uli

reef heron - grey phase

gii talinga

adjective tinnitus

ginigini loola

a game played by children

golo

verb remember an incident with a view toward revenge

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

gulabe

noun rectum

gulu

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noun breadfruit tree

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hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaasanga

verb to create aasanga

hagadagodo

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to draft (a carving)

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hagadaguu

noun a small axe, hatchet

hagadahea

verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagahenua

verb give land to

hagahhano

verb show someone how to wash his hands (or mouth)

hagaingoo

verb give a name to, named, called

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagammahi

verb persevere, try hard to

hagammau

adjective poisonous

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagasengaa

verb make a total of ten million

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

haha

noun mouthodor

hai me magua

sort of steal

hakoobai

verb put a hat on (someone)

hhanga de ngudu

open one’s mouth

hiisoa

noun plantsp.: cassythavine(cassytha filiformis l.)

huaa gulu

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noun breadfruit

huaa henua

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noun community

kala

adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.

laamasee

noun a divination result indicating good fortune

laangai buusagi

noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lima

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luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

ma de hia e doe

a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object

mada duai

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coconut husking bench

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mada tea gee

white as a sheet (of a person)

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

maingaa

miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

me abo (donu)

noun truth

me hanga dalogo

ingredients of dalogo

moe

adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)

mogo

noun coconutapple (young and edible)

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

naba

adjective a slip of the tongue

nanua

verb the object of a complaint

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

noho hagamaaiongi

adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)

odi ai loo

that’s the end! that’s all!

osia

verb taken for planting

saabudu

noun fishsp. (= large saagahinoa)

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

siilinga a muna

noun trial or formal inquiry

suusu

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noun shoe

tangada adi longo

gossipy person, telltale