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aadea

verb clear (easily seen), unobscured

aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

ahi tugi

noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone

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noun June

anaa ai

these (there) only

au madua

verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect

au taadaaia

verb don’t rush take it easy

balu-udu

noun fish sp.: snapper

basa degidegi

adjective speak disconnectedly with rage

biigonga

noun a curve, way of being bent

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

budubudu

adjective crowded together

buulou

verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

daemaha

adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagalonga

noun path, route

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dala gaogao

noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

dauulu

verb verdant (indicating growing well)

dilobuna

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growing coconut sapling

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dogoduli

adjective crouch on all fours

doli de henua

to defeat all comers

dolonoa

noun

doonga

noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)

duu podo

adjective do something at short intervals; often,frequently

duudane

noun buttock

ga aha laa

what’s the matter with you

gaadinga

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noun mature brown coconut

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gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gaaui

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

gaibea-lausedi

trapezeid crab

gaimee taiao

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verb have breakfast

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

ganomada

noun eye

gatae

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fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)

goloa labagau

noun carpenter’s tools

goobai

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noun hat

haangoda ina

<= haangodalia>

hagaaigoli

noun a food tree on another’s land

hagaau gee

bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid

hagadau doolohi

adjective chase each other

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrespectful way

hagapasa

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

hagapigi saele

adjective go around with someone constantly

hagasaaloa

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagaseenga

noun way of just being able to

hagasegedia

verb let slip or slide

hagasoa

verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber

hai gaiaa

verb use without permission

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hale hagao me

store

hale suunugi

noun a house with eaves touching the ground

haunu

verb <= hagaunu>

hedogi

noun the sound of tapping

hoe

verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn

hua manu

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noun flower, fruit

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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iai maalie

adjective just about right

ina

verb to light up an area at night (esp. for hunting land crabs)

kumi tangi

adjective to control one’s crying

lava sili

adjective good enough; stop

llena

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

lodo bale

noun helpful (sort of person)

lodo haa

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noun branches of the coconut palm (used to make galeve, an alcoholic beverage)

lollolo

oily

loulou

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

maaguluaa

adjective dislocated (joint of the body)

madaniiga

verb ingrown callus

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malala

noun ashes

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malili de biho

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adjective balding

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

mana

supernatural power

manu hale moni

noun a pottery bottle or jar

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

maoha saele

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

masugi

adjective having a hole, pierced

me hai ada

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camera

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

momme hagadaahao

noun playground

naa huu

when,if

nngana

adjective loud (noise)

olongaa

noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)

onge

famine

oo

adjective fit to (or into)

saelea

verb walkedupon

sai moni

a fleet of canoes

salulu

adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)

ssaavale

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verb spit

sua aaleloi

a wrestling maneuver

taina daane

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noun brother

vai

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noun liquid, water

vai nui

coconut water from a mature brown coconut