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adu

noun ant

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alelo-hatuli

noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell

baaua

noun fish sp., rabbitfish

balu

noun fish sp.

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

boo gi dai

the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset

bua moe

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noun virgin

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

dagosala

verb death, die (of a person)

dana

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pronoun his/her (for singular, alienable noun)

dauhuli (ange)

noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face

daula baalanga

noun cable,wire (heavy)

de ahi

noun the fire

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dodo

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blood

dogaa ange

feel shy in the presence of

doo dai

appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west

doo de hatuli

the’falling of thunder’

gaha biigi

noun a rope for tying pigs

gahu

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verb undress

gai baalau

verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

gide

verb see

goloa hai umu

noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven

goodou

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pronoun you (plural)

haa laangi

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noun Thursday

haaide

verb measure (exactly)

hadu de moana

noun a type of string figure

hagaamuli

verb treat as junior

hagabuni ange

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verb have sexual intercourse with

hagadahi

verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases

hagadiingia saele

adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagaduu ssaalanga

adjective search intently for

hagaduuhuli

verb to create duuhuli

hagahenua

verb give land to

hagalili

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)

hagamaasei ange

make smaller (away from one)

hagamabu age

return to land from sea (esp. of birds)

hagasaalunga de langi

a member of the christian endeavor society

hai aabi

having many rooms or sections

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hakai-a-bagila

noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.

hale hongagelegele

noun outhouse

hano gi de maalama

transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form

holi

shape of, form of

hugadoo

unclassified all (of things)

hungahunga a nui

the flower of the coconut tree

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

i dai nei

Mortlock Islands

ila

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noun mole, freckle

kai, dalanga

story

kanamalie

adjective tasty (especially of taro)

kii iho

adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)

laanningi

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noun sleeveless shirt

labodo-uli

noun eelsp.: morayeel

lagalagai

verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds

laho

noun aerial root of the pandanus tree

lele tuli

childbirth

libo

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adjective, verb drunk, get drunk (sg.)

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

lodo henua

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noun forest

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

luu oogu

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pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

ma gu

and then

madalua

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number twenty

magau

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verb die (singular subj.)

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

mahi

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adjective strong

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malama

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noun month

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

maoli

a suspicion which proves to be true

me hhadu hugadoo

it’s a lie

milosanga

noun the way in which current flows

modu

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verb (intransitive) to break (string or rope)

momme

noun a place

momme hai lua

a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found

mosongenge

noun a name children tease each other with

mouli age

regain consciousness, rise from thedead

ngaue mai

to reduce (in price, etc.)

odi iho

adjective just finished

palo

noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)

pono iho

adjective put a cover on

saibo saele

adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)

saidule

verb wrapped up or covered up completely

sali de usu

runny nose

se aha

what is it

sele

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verb trap

seni

verb sleep (sing.)

Example: Au nogo seni anaboo. (I slept all night.)

singa gee

lean away from

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

ssae de manava

struggle to breathe

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

tea age laangi

noun dawn

tuu mugamuga

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buttocks

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)

vaga

noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)