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aagai

adjective continually wanting to eat

abo donu

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good (not evil or false); real; true; well (not sick); considerate; kind; generous

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

alaa ange naa

about that (over there) much more

amu ligi

fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered

angi

verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)

baguu de laa

past noon

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

balangi

noun fish sp., tang

beelu

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noun lizard

bigo

adjective bent; bedridden with illness

boo ga dae laa

my goodness

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

bunehulu

adjective slow in running or walking

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine

dalo

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noun soft taro

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dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

dama ssege

noun a foetus which has been aborted

dangada ulu

noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well

danuaa age

improved,better

deebele

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noun tables

delaa naa loo

that there could be it

deleulu

verb good at catching tuna

denaa tagodo

that is the situation...

denei tagodo

this is the situation...

didi

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grass skirt

duiagi

verb fishing using a whole fish as bait

dunu

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verb cook

duu taua

adjective outbreak of war

duubulei

noun head of the penis

duumaa

unclassified remainder (less than the preceding number); about, approximately

e hanohano

have diarrhea

ga haidama

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adjective pregnant

gaba de aasanga

noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gabe

gouge out

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

gai nnao

adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)

gaibea-lausedi

trapezeid crab

gano dea

noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gaso

roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gauligi daane

male child, boy

gelu-hai-vaelo

noun fishsp.: tang

giivia

verb to have something in one’s eye

ginigini

noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)

hada

shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house

hadu de moana

noun a type of string figure

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagaao

verb cause to be sufficient

hagaava

verb relieve

hagamadaagi

verb to teach someone to madaagi

hai mainu

verb collect bait

haiva dee agona

sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’

hale suunugi

noun a house with eaves touching the ground

hano gi oona

very,exceedingly

henua gelegele

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atoll (literally, sand island)

hhoa de usu

to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds

hoe

noun a canoepaddle

hui hala

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ripe pandanus

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ide boo

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at night

iho daahagi

a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]

ise ngaio

noun needlefish

ivi o de biho

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noun skull

kii

verb move away

kona iho

adjective be too much for one

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

lau de alelo

be unable to speak clearly, owing to a stuttering problem

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lloba

adjective fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);

lodo mao lalo

characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit

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verb look at in an effort to identify or recognize

maduupaa

noun a type of string figure

magi sali usu

headcold,runny nose

magini

a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

mai i daha

from outside

mami

verb taste (of something)

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

mmano

noun thousands

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

moumou

verb wasteful,waste (something)

naba i de muna

converse earnestly

nnamu

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adjective filthy with food (i.e., hands after eating)

nnoo

adjective covetous,envious

noho mai (adu, ange)

resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)

ono

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number six

paa de hatuli

rolling of thunder

paa de hoa

happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)

saaliba

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

saavale

verb spit,drool,sputum

sagulaa-saamono

noun fishsp.

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

seni gi de ao

sleep late (into daytime)

ssaavale

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verb spit

tabuvae

noun toe

teungaalodo

noun middle (of something round); center

tua de eu

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shoulder blade