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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

abo sala

adjective mean (by nature), unkind

adu henua

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noun group of islands or atolls, archipelago

adu laa

after tomorrow, the one after the next one

alahenua

noun plot of (bush) land, acreage

baalasi saele

shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

bebela

noun prowler

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

bogi

verb to plant taro slips

buge

noun a bump on a tree trunk

daagami

noun bodyguard, soldier

daha de hia maa

about what time is it

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dao hagamaadau

noun a spear with a barb

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

dee gide

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blind

denaa ange naa

about that (here), much more

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

doo

verb get down, get off; take up a stringfigure (from another’s hands); fall;plant (something); drop down

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

dugu dahi

verb accomplish or complete something in asingle effort; fishing with a single line

dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

eidu ai

treat as a totem, worship, treat as asupernatural being

gahaalava

adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)

gaigai a usu

flatus

galu

noun viscous sputum

gau

verb lymphnodes (enlarged)

gau bini

noun a tool used in braiding rope

gau dagodo

noun the boom of a sail

gauna

verb invite

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gelemea

noun a by-product of the tumeric-making process

gide malie

adjective get in the habit of

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

gili hau

noun the inner bark of the hibiscus

gona

noun belly button

goohunga

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

gumedi vai solo

noun a type of bowl

hadu lunga

noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)

haele sala

spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.

hagaahi

verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething

hagadama

verb treat as a child

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagadau doolohi

verb chase each other

hagadili

verb produce offspring

hagadubu o de ahi

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahaunu

verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages

hagahebaa ngudu

adjective converse (conversation)

hagamaalama

verb brighten,illuminate

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagapiigia

verb make stuck to

hagasemuna

verb make a total of one hundred million

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hageli

verb a sort of sound in ancient chants

hesilihagi gee

to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance

kino

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verb hate

laa

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noun sun

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

loi mada

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noun teardrop

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

madaanga hulu maa haa

number fourteen

madi

verb to add organic material to the taro bog

madila

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noun bamboo

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

mahedua

sneeze

mahole

adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)

mami

verb taste (of something)

me gu modu

decision

mee duu

noun clitoris

mmala luu mada

stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)

mogomogo ina

muscular

molo

verb to make a knot of hair

monilele

noun airplane

musa

verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngaage

downtown.

ngali

grind

ngalue mai

decrease

ngau hala

verb bite someone

ngu te lodo

noun the edge of the lagoon reef

nngaoa

verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

ono laangi

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noun Saturday

ou

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yes

pala de langi

it’s raining

panga

adjective

sae mai

break through the bush (toward one)

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

senga

crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

sinaa

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verb having white hair

siva

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number nine

sivi

adjective giveup

somo boi

adjective grow abnormally (having defects)

songagi

noun a bad sort of person

tainadaane madua

noun elder brother

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream