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aagonga i lunga

noun social class of chiefs and priests

adu

noun fishclub (priest)

anei dagodo

these are the circumstances...

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

asu

verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

baledilo

verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear

bapaba

adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bigi

adjective be caught between two or more other things

bii o madahasi

a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night

bili makaga

love

daa age

go toward land (from the lagoon)

dalinga

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ear

dama muli bee

noun the twelfth child born to a couple

dangada gaiaa

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noun theives

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dange

noun mollusksp.: giantclam (tridacnasquammosa)

dee heloongoi

adjective misunderstand one another; mismated (not matched properly); not fit; not able to get along with

deleulu

verb good at catching tuna

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dongi

verb a spot (e.g., on the skin); point at; peck at; a method of fishing for flying fish in which torches are extinguished on alternate legs of the canoe track

doo mua

adjective very

dua duiagi

noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)

dugilima

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noun elbows

dumanu

noun appearance,situation

duudae maadau

noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

gaanunu

noun breast

gabugabu

shore

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

gaime

verb eat (intransitive)

galisi

noun lizardsp.

galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

geelonga

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noun valley

gili dalo

hillock

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

go ai

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gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goloa hesuihagi

noun goods which are bartered

golomagi iho

adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit

gubenga

verb a large net for fishing

gubu lima

hand, wrist

hagabido

verb carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end

hagadaha

verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance

hagadubu dinae

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamaasui

noun a current which flows to the left

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

haigabungi

adjective act strangely, act shyly

hakaadia

verb make tightly packed

hakoobai

verb put a hat on (someone)

hale nnoa

noun prison,jail

heboohagi mai

found fighting

hhano gi daha

to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well

hou

verb drill (native bow drill)

ivi a duimogo

pelvic bone

kave e hakide

take someone in order to train or teach him

kii gee

move away from

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

lale

noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)

lava

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verb finish

lima llau

five hundred

llago

adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)

loba

noun a type of mat

lodo hinangalosaa

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depression (feeling)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

luu amaau

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pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

luu mada

noun face (of a person)

luu ooluu

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pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)

maagau

verb die (plural subj.)

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

mada sua hadu

noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)

madaala

adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

magau baubau

adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

mau me

adjective successful in obtaining what one wants(things)

me

mmoa

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adjective cooked

modu mai (adu, ange)

become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession

muli

adjective debt,owe

ngadi moana

noun <= laangai ngadi moana>

noho dau donu

sit quietly

saalinga

noun street; road

saga gi daha

saga away from; extend out in space

saibo

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

sali gee

flow away

sangatai

mollusk, Spondylus

saohia

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adjective free

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

seni iho

adjective take a nap, stay overnight (away fromhome)

sigo ina uavesi

don’t forget

sisi

verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra

tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law