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aahee donu

exactly which

abitala

noun eave (of a house)

adaada

dawn (first light)

adamai

verb recollect or recall past events or persons, etc.

anga iho

noun self-awareness

baguu

adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)

bangadala

noun fish sp.: seabass

boo i lalo o tangada

the last days of a person’s life

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

daa age

go toward land (from the lagoon)

daahaa mada makaga

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii

daahanga

verb fool (someone), deceive

daaia

verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

daguina

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verb say (a word)

dala

noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)

daladala

adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish

dama

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noun children

dangada abadai

noun european persons (including americans)

dau namu

noun mosquitonet

dee adahaia

very; very bad

delaa tee madea

hard to tellapart from; resemble closely

diingia

verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays

dodo ina

bloody

dohi dilo

verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

duoi

noun parasites (intestinal) of fish

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

duugau

noun legs at the base of the canoe mast

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

gannui mada balabala

gannui which is soft and mushy

gasia

verb worthwhile,important,valuable

giado

noun outriggerboom

goso

adjective bothered, annoyed

haa laangi

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noun Thursday

hagaada

verb give a picture to

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaamuli

verb treat as junior

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagadahi

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

hagadeai

verb cause to become non-existent

hagailaage

verb setfree

hagamaanu age

pull oneself up by one’s arms

hagamadagu

verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)

hagamanu

verb cause to have disease

hagame ange laa

a little later

hagannagi

verb lean against

hagaodia

verb finish up, be last

hagasolo age

keep postponing or delaying

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verb do, make

hai dama

adjective pregnant

hai gaavenga

adjective restless (of a child)

hai maadua

adjective mention of one’s elders by others

hai me hagamadia

behave in a more-or-less show-off manner

hano ahe

echo

hebagi

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verb fight

hhoa

verb crack open; break into pieces; cut a hole in

ili

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verb blow

io

noun a quarter of the body of a tuna when it is cut lengthwise

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

kumi tangi

to control one’s crying

laangai buusagi

noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything

ladi

verb initiate, begin, start

laho

aerial foot of the pandanus tree

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

loonaa

verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)

loongia

verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

madeea

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verb recognize

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

maga de gau dogi

masturbate (of males only)

mahedua

noun sneeze

mahi bodo

adjective easily tired

mala

bald

mangeo

verb a large sore (on the body); a blemish (on the skin)

manu-gaba-aasanga

noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)

manu-kono

noun pigeon

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

me maimai

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candy

mmoli

verb haul (all at once or as fast as possible)

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

momme

a place

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

ngaiho

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noun north

ngavesi haangoda

noun fishing tacklebox

nugu

noun land,islet

nui

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noun coconut tree

oha

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verb break (transitive)

pono age de manava

be unable to breathe

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

sii tae

diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)

singa gee

lean away from

sio

waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind

ssunu

suck, smoke (cigarettes)

tahi-laangi

noun Monday (’first day’)

taina ahine odogu bodu

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noun sister-in-law

tangada aduhale

the sort of person who feels at home everywhere and is continually visiting (considered uncouth)

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)