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aagonga i lunga

noun social class of chiefs and priests

aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

aheahe

verb keep returning

aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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anaa ai huu

those only then

anailaanei

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today

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

baeao

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noun coconut husk

bagekege

verb move jerkily (as when stumbling)

bau iho

adjective capable only of looking after oneself (not others)

bela

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noun plot of taro bog; boggy soil

boobosu

adjective

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

daelodo gi lunga

a large number of

dagu hahine

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

daguina

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verb say (a word)

dahea iho

adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not

dahi seene

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noun penny

dahuli

adjective turn back; change one’s mind

dalepagi

adjective fight hand-to-hand

dangada de henua

noun natives of nukuoro

dangau-ngudu-aahua

noun

de vai

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noun pond (a specific pool of water)

dee vasu

fearless (socially); inconsiderate

dilia ange

give fish to

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

dua

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noun east

dua daabasi

noun the size of fishing line appropriate for tuna fishing

dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

duu de umada

noun a rainbow appearing in the sky

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

ege

verb raise up (so that higher)

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

gaso

roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gini manu

verb pick flowers

gohu de lodo

ignorant

goobai

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noun hat

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

gubu vae

foot, ankle

hadi

adjective broken (as a stick), bent up

hagaamu

verb pay respect to,honor (someone)

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagadabena

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verb prepare

hagadau gaiaa

adjective steal from one another

hagadaumee

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noun enemy

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagahaanau

verb to help to deliver a child (as a midwife does)

hagahoa

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noun a boil on the body

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamuliagi

verb cause to be last

hakaogao

verb to sit on one buttock

hedangisi

adjective to make noise by scraping things together (e.g., the grinding sound of jaws)

hhoa de lae

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

hhuda

adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time

holo gumi

adjective

honu

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noun green turtle

hua manu

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noun fruit

ilihia ssave

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

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

kai

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noun story (fictional, such as a fairy tale)

kii mai

verb decreasing

laagau lui

noun a cross (e.g., of wood)

laanganga

noun way of plaiting

lalo

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preposition under

lodo me muimui

in the bush (uncleared area)

madaa hadu

noun grater (metal) attached to a board forgrating taro

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madalua

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number twenty

madannia

noun finger

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

magi

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disease

magi o de henua

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flu

mahuge

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verb open (intransitive, sing.)

Example: De abaaba gu mahuge. (The door is open.)

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

manu-mangamanga

starfish

masoasoa

spacious

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

momme

a place

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngadi dangada

noun an ordinary person, commoner; a person of slight social value

ngadi gavadu

adjective a gift (to the hearer); a present (to the hearer)

ngaiho

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noun north

ngau

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verb chew

ngudu leia

be the object of continual gossip

nguu

squid

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

odea

adjective noon, midday

oho boo

adjective to oho while still dark

pensele

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noun pencil

sali ssaavale

adjective salivate

se gainga

abundant

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

somo dae

noun fully mature coconutapple

taina daane odogu bodu

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noun brother-in-law

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

vaasuu

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verb like someone or something, feel affection for