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aasolo

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)

adu

noun fishclub (priest)

aha nei

let’s (now)

aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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alobagi

verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll

anei ai loo

these then are

anga gee

turn one’s attention away from

anga gi lodo

adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle

baasi masui

adjective left side, left-handed

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

bapaba

adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)

basa gauligi

adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk

booiaa

adjective do something shameful (for shame)

daa hhali

verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dagahi

verb step on, kick with one’s heel

daguu

noun axe

daholaa

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noun December

dale

verb touch (two or more things being in contact); strike (a match)

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dao

noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)

dao hadu

verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to

dau masa

noun the season during which tides are lowest

day

laangi

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

dehee

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doa agalala

noun very big giant

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

duudae

noun feces

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

eu doo

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

gaagose

sea cucumber

gai gi de mahi

eat as much as possible

gai nnao

adjective eat messily

gaime

verb eat (intransitive)

gidee

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verb see

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

golo me

adjective unforgiving

guanga

noun a type of basket

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

haangoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hadi

adjective broken (as a stick), bent up

hadu de moana

noun a type of string figure

hagaaligi

verb install as a priest (of a cult)

hagabaa

verb to crack (as a nut)

hagabela

verb provide bela for

hagaduasala

verb suffer,punish

hagaheiloo

verb make the acquaintance of

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagao gi daha

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hagasaalunga

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noun spirit, soul

haiadaligi

noun the eldest child of the eldest child

hale i lodo

noun ribcage, thoraciccavity

hedogi

verb the sound of tapping

helau

verb sorcery

hellumi

verb melee

hhuge iho

adjective an opening in the clouds

honga de masavaa

at the time of

hoohonu

verb

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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huuhua

adjective pregnancy

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

loua ama

verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged

ma ai

and who

maahuge

verb open (intransitive, pl.)

Example: Denga abaaba gu maahuge. (The doors are open.)

maaua

adjective poisoned (by food)

mada gi lodo

adjective a point which is bent inward (toward its handle)

madangi

noun wind

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

mahaa de usu

to have encountered unexpected misfortune

malogu

verb <= ngalogu>

mami

verb taste (of something)

manu ina

adjective <= manua>

manu somo

noun tree, plant

masa

adjective empty,low (tide)

miili

adjective a type of game

moomuna

adjective fatty

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

nnoo

adjective covetous,envious

odomalie

adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)

osi

verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

pogo

verb crumpled up

saa

a share of food (esp. for children)

saelea

verb walked upon

sahe

noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow

samu

verb gossip,slander

saulaba

noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

sii valavala

spray

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

sogosogo

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orphaned

taina aahine

noun sister

taina madua ahine

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noun elder sister

tilo buna

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noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)

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tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)