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aboo

tonight

agilau

verb pugnacious

ahi

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noun fire

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

alaa ange

and those there

aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

baalanga sauaa

noun magnet

balu-udu

noun fish sp.: snapper

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

beluu

noun lizard; gecko

biigi haahine

noun sow

bono aasanga

adjective a method of fishing (by blocking the channel at high tide)

daa

noun a bunch

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

daga

verb go from one place to another in a group

dago

noun ritual activites, religious activities

dahea iho

adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not

dalia-mea

noun mollusksp.: mitra mitra

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

dangada gaiaa

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noun theives

dau

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verb read

daudonu

adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

denaa laa ()

that is it there (is that it there)

doa

noun giant

dohu lodo

adjective full to capacity

doo

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pronoun your (singular; for singular, inalienable noun)

doolonga

noun a track left by a crawling thing

dugilima

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noun elbows

duu o de hine

noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.

duubaa

noun one half of an oyster shell

duumono

noun a type of prepared food made from taro

gabe manava

adjective eat sparingly (just enough to maintain one’s strength), have a snack

gabia

verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)

gau dagodo

noun the boom of a sail

gauligi daane

male child, boy

gemo

adjective fast, swift

gii age

cry out softly

gimaau

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pronoun we (dual, exclusive)

gona

noun belly button

gu hia

how many was it

haa lodo

noun the inner coconut palm frond

hagabulinga dangada

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noun tribe

hagabuulei

verb put a ring on (someone)

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadau iloo

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verb know each other

hagadoa

verb act like a giant

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagahula

the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagaoomea

verb to wait until oomea

hagasugi

verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname

hakadanga

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adjective funny, silly

hangaabo

verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed

haonga o taalinga

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noun hole of the ear

heohi ange

suited to,fit (with),appropriate to

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

hiihii mada

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noun eyelash(es)

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

hinangalomalie

adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

hongagelegele

honumia

verb filled with

hoosenga ange

embarrassed by

hui hala

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huuhuge

verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)

kii

verb move away

kino

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verb hate

langa de gauanga

to lift up the leg of an opponent in wrestling

lao gau-me

verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

llama

verb fish for flying fish (at night)

lloa

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noun group of long pieces of timber

loange

adjective go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)

maakau laa loo dangada

what a shame

madaaolo

noun capital of

madannia

noun finger

madau-dalinga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

malo sabo

noun breechclout

maua laa

nevermind

me boogia e de eidu

a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping

me duu

noun clitoris

me gu modu

decision

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

mogomogo ina

muscular

molomolo de biho

round-headed

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

nngao dalinga

hurting in the ears from noise

nnoo hagamau me

insatiably acquisitive

olonoa

noun seacucumber sp.

poo

adjective grab or catch in a single act

salaa

flying fish

seni ange

rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)

tubuna aahine

noun grandmother

ulumonu

porpoise

vai

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noun liquid, water

veli

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noun sea urchin