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adumua

verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

au hebaledage

noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baasi

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noun side

baibu

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noun cigarette

biigii

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noun pig

bulada

noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)

buni de ua

to be very thirsty

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daaia

verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely

daina hahine

noun sister, female cousin

dangau-dongi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dao haiava

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noun trail

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

dau gadea

noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)

denaa ange

this there is another one

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)

dolo-mea

noun spinystarfish

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

dugu dahi

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

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

gaadinga lamallie

noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel

gaavadu

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verb give (to you)

gabetili

noun parent-in-law

gede maduu

noun a type of basket

ginadoa

verb a boil on the body that is hard and painful, and which will not come to a head

goe

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pronoun you (singular, object)

goobai dada

noun umbrella

goobai lau

noun a hat made from pandanus leaves

gu aha

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why

gubulima

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noun wrist

haa llau

number four hundred

hagaausa

verb cause to leave a wake

hagabau

verb measure, calculate,estimate

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagao ngaohie

inexpensive

hagapasa

verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other

hagapogo

verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.

hai aoa ina

bear misshapen fruit

hai hua laa

do indifferently

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

haula

verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)

hhoa de lae

to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds

huaalavao

a strong wind

hulu

noun reactive hostility

kalo talinga

adjective clean out, or scratch, inside the ear

kano made

adjective slightly aged meat

laangai milo sanga

a fishing condition in which fish arenot inclined to bite

labelabe-uliuli

noun fishsp.: wrasse

labua

verb knead thoroughly

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

lau ligi

verb having small leaves

laussoe

adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)

leanga

noun bad person

lima laangi

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noun Friday

llago

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

lodo mao lalo

characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit

luu dolodolo

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

mada luu mada

noun in the presence of someone

madagudagu

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adjective cowardly (concerning others or supernaturals)

mademadea

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

maga de hoe

to paddle vigorously

magi dabeo

menstruation

magi nngahu

adjective asthma

mahaa de usu

to have encountered unexpected misfortune

malingi

adjective spilled, poured out

mamu-lalo-beau

noun fishsp.: wrasse

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

masole ange

barely scratched

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

maunga

noun way of becoming accustomed to

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

muna madua

noun words used only by elders (which are not normally part of a child’s vocabulary)

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngadi duu

naked

ngavesi

noun box,coffin,crate

ngu te lodo

noun the edge of the lagoon reef

odi mai (adu, ange)

all (e.g., have come)

pelaini

verb to fry

pili

adjective boring

saalinga

noun street; road

sali tae

adjective intractable watery diarrhea

salulu

adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)

sege de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

ssabe age

eat

tangada hai sauaa

magician, sorcerer

tilo

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verb see, watch, find, seek out

toogili

adjective wrinkly

uiila

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noun lightning

useahi

smoke, steam

vai nui

coconut water from a mature brown coconut

vasu

timid, shy

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush