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aasolo

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)

alaa ai

those only

amu ligi

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

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

angiangi

verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan

bagu

noun scab, crust

basa too gee

speak ungrammatically

beebaa

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noun book

bii o madahasi

a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

buu ili

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noun type of shell (Triton’s trumpet)

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daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

daelodo

noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu

dahea iho

adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not

dahi seene

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noun penny

dala

noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)

dalia

adjective tired

dangada gaiaa

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noun theives

danu de maasina

the setting of the moon

daula duu nui

noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground

de aha

which is it

denaa ai loo

that is it (which has been decided upon)

diinei de madangi

a decrease of wind velocity

dolo bala

verb to climb a coconut tree without using a rope (on one’s hands or feet) for assistance

dotodo

verb bloody (of a person)

dua haangoda de boo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate forhaangoda de boo

dumugamuga

noun butt

dunu

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verb cook

elunga

noun top of, the position over (something)

ga noho

after a time

gaadinga

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noun mature brown coconut

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gabola

verb flatten out something mushy

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

galo hagalegunga

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

gamu

verb cut (something)

ganae

noun fishsp.: mullet

gede hadu

noun a type of basket

gilaadeu

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pronoun they (plural)

goa

noun termite

haa manu

noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)

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noun crook of the knee or elbow

hadumuna

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagaalo-mea

verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaboo

adjective greet; take leave of

hagadogoisi

verb reduce in number, make fewer

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrespectful way

hagammuni

verb hide (something) from

hagasegedia

verb let slip or slide

hagatala senga

adjective foolishly rough playing or joking

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hagi me

adjective pick coconuts

hai dago

verb ritual observances

hanu mee

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

heboohagi lima

adjective fistfight

holomanga

noun throat (inside)

hua-laagau

noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)

hui hala

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ripe pandanus

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ili luu bongaa usu

to dilate one’s nostrils

imu-uli

noun fishsp.: triggerfish

kana adu

perhaps; watch yourself

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

lau kena

adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color

lima ma vae ange

work for as a servant

lobadia mai

to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)

lodo degi

adjective having a forgiving nature

lodo gaiaa

adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating

lodo gi lunga

ambitious for a superior position

luu oogu

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pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

ma hee

where else

maalama

verb light (not dark),bright

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

mada duulanga

noun an important position (spatially)

mada gapua

noun lagoonward part of a gapua

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

magalili mai

flow (of tide)

mahuge, huge

open

malianoono

lizard fish

mami

verb taste (of something)

manu

noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)

manu vaaligi

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noun insect

manu-manga-lua

noun insectsp.: scorpion

mee o taane

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noun male genital organ

mmili

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verb to grate

mousi

adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)

muni

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hidden

nguu

squid

noho ai

occupy or live in (a place)

oho iho

adjective come ashore early in the morning

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

pago

adjective the sound of any sudden violent contact; the sound of an explosion

siga

verb to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool ; to escape (of fish) from a net (through its holes); sew up a hole (in clothing)

sii talaa umada

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

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noun fishing pole

soe mai

decided for one by the will of god

ssili mada

to faint, be unconscious

taina aahine

noun sister

ua-mea

red-throated frigate bird