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abongi baasi

adjective capsize sideways

ahe age

start again, reoccur

ala anaboo

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verb stay up all night (sing.)

anaa ange maalie

those are exactly right

anei ange huu

this much more only

ange laa

the next but one

baabaasi

noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)

baagava

noun violent in word or action

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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bapabu

adjective the staccato sound of one hard object being struck against another

baulia

verb figure out, determine

bulada

noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)

daagoli pelaaini

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noun fried taro and banana biscuit

daahili daumaha

adjective a church song

daahili hagadaahao

adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)

daamada age

adjective start again

dabui

verb to splash water on something with the hand

dai deai

hardly any

dalahalu

noun plantsp.: treesp. (allophylustimorensis (dc.) bl.)

dama adu hale

noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others

dama hodooligi

noun children of the chief

dangada ngauda

adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber

dau gadea

noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)

de hia

which number

denaa ai loo

that is it (which has been decided upon)

dilimangali

verb to catch flying fish

dui manu

noun a line of flying birds

duiduia

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noun thorn

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gaha biigi

noun a rope for tying pigs

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gannui koi

noun gannui which has been scraped out of the shell to be eaten

gano moana

noun open sea, far away from any land

gapese

a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)

gau mai moni

noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)

gavage

adjective give or bring up

gea

noun hawksbillturtle

goli manu

adjective pick flowers

haahadi

verb

haele sala

adjective spoil (children), bringup (children) badly

hagaai

adjective be in a serious situation

hagabuulunga iho

adjective to hagabuulunga oneself

hagadagodo

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to draft (a carving)

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hagadau aaloha

adjective love each other (esp. of persons of the opposite sex)

hagakona

verb become (or make) much worse

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hagavaiduu

verb to act as though one were lazy

hagavalu (ina)

verb make a total of eight

hai dago

verb ritual observances

haidama

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verb, adjective pregnant

hainoo

verb permitted,open to the public,secular

hakai

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noun earring

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

henua gelegele

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atoll (literally, sand island)

holahola aalanga

adjective calisthenics,exercises

honu de maasina

noun full moon

hooia donu huu

at the best possible time or place

huda

noun a verse of an old chant

hulo gi lunga ma lalo

argue heatedly,fight

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)

ilosia

verb wormy or maggoty (of something decayed)

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kau gee

adjective not usedto; hard to

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

llanea

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

llena

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

longaa

adjective annoyed by noise

looloa

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adjective tall; long

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

ma gi

in order to

ma tua

besides

maadua

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noun parents

mada duai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madila diadia

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

mai

verb arrive

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

manava duuia

adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)

manu-mmala

noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)

midia

verb dream about

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

molo

verb to make a knot of hair

moomodu

adjective ; collapse completely

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

ngadi uaa

adjective assent to insincerely

ngago

brain; egg

ngavesi

box, coffin, crate

odomalie

adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)

ohua

verb characterized by having ohu

pale age (iho)

steer toward (away from) land

pilo bopobo

adjective musty smell

sae de hadu

make a grater (by punching holes in sheet metal)

Seedaa

October

sii tae

adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

soe

adjective straight, not crooked; level

tainaahine o dogu damana

noun paternal aunt

vaga

noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship