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adu-balebale-i-dua

noun fishsp.: bonito

baalau

adjective sticky, greasy

baani

adjective lie down

balu-udu

noun fish sp.: snapper

boaa

verb be caught in a storm

boi

adjective abnormal

buugani

adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)

buusi

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noun cat

daaia

verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely

daavalo

adjective make a great deal of noise (vocal)

daba de ganomada

instantaneous, in the blinking of an eye

dabuna

noun part of the female genitalia

dahi i daho dangada

very popular

dahu

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

dama iai

noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy

dau i tua

memorize

dee adahaia

very; very bad

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

delaa ai loo

that was it at last

denaa huu

that is it still

denaa muhuu

how about that one

denga mee laa

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those ones over there (plural)

dili uda

adjective an ocean current which comes towards the shore (and carries in driftwood, etc.)

dinana donu

noun natural mother

doloinui

adjective a hard lump inside a female’s stomach ; a coconut of the youngest stage of development

doo tuugau

a dislocation of the tuugau

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

dumuagi

noun top of the head, bare hilltop

duu de umada

noun a rainbow appearing in the sky

duu donu

adjective vertical

duu taua

adjective outbreak of war

duumugamuga

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noun butt

e hia

how many

gaha uli

adjective having brown (ripe) coconuts (of a coconut tree)

gave ua podo

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haangodalia

verb a suitable (place) for fishing

hadu mangeo

noun cushion starfish

hagaai

adjective be in a serious situation

hagaaloha

adjective piteous,pitiful

hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadaemaha

verb put weight on, make unhappy

hagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.

hagadau

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pronoun each other

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagamao lunga

verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagasaagule

verb teach how to saagule

hagasaohia

verb make oneself available

hai ange

do to; do for, fix; say to

hale hai niho

dentist’s office

hau ua

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noun necklace

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

helau

verb sorcery

hidu laangi

noun Sunday

hidu lau

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number seven hundred

hua-ala

noun flower

ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

kiange tanuaa

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adjective better

laalaa

verb having many branches

lahulahu

noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

lodo hinangalosaa

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depression (feeling)

loomosi

verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned

lou aama

adjective the submerging of the outrigger float

luu ogu

pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

luu olaadeu

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pronoun their (for dual, inalienable noun)

madaala

adjective able to remain awake for a long time

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

magi dabeo

verb menstruation

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

mahi

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adjective strong

mahola gimoo

adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about

mami

verb taste (of something)

manavasaa

adjective scared; afraid

manogo

noun fishsp.: goby

manu hale moni

noun a pottery bottle or jar

masa

adjective empty,low (tide)

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

masulu de maasina

"a person has died."

mmanu

verb do (something)

mougu

noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

oho

verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning

paa i daalinga

move in closely (of birds) to daalinga

pala de langi

verb rain

sai moni

a fleet of canoes

sao gainga

sweep or clean up trash

savali

verb hungry

sege de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

ssahu

adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)

ssave

flying fish

ssoi

to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)

uubiho

head-first presentation of a fetus at birth

vivi

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noun female genital area