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abitala

noun eave (of a house)

adugau daane

noun part of the plug of the pandanus

alelo

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tongue

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

bali

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noun youngest leaf of a coconut palm

biini

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noun pen

bodubodu

verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.

buulei

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noun ring

daane e manege

noun a person who is capable at almost anything

daatugu

verb to curse (someone)

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dagua

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noun tuna

dahi

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number one

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

dalinga

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ear

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

damana

noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship

dangau-dongi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dau mamu

verb the season in which fish are abundant

debeaha

okay; so-so

degi

verb to jerk; get something quickly

delaa huu

that was it just as before

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

deuaava

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noun dock

dohi dilo

verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)

doo i de...

expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)

doolohi

verb chase,run after

gabidia

verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gadigadi

verb have itch

gadinibidi

noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

gaini

any lattice-like arrangement

galevaleva

bird species

ganimago

noun mollusksp.: malea pomum

gau de henua

natives

gaua

verb to have enlarged lymph nodes

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

goa

noun termite

goinga

noun a boundary marker (of stone)

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pronoun you (dual)

haangoda ina

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hadu mada

noun eyeball

hagaalukaba

verb cause to leave quickly, force out

hagaaoa

verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak

hagabaa

verb to crack (as a nut)

hagaboo

adjective greet; take leave of

hagadalabaimanugadele

verb

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagaidaida

verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamanu

verb cause to have disease

hagapuunia

verb add up (many things)

hagasaalunga

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noun spirit, soul

hai gaavenga

verb restless (of a child)

hai modo

verb eat (or pick) when still unripe

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

hano i luu moana

die (a person)

hhagi gee

turn away from (to avoid),veer

hinangalosaa

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adjective sad

holomanga

noun throat (inside)

huligee

turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)

kangi baasi lua

adjective double-edged

laagau hagadauaadea

noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it

laagau-doi

noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made

lava sili

adjective good enough; stop

lima-laangi

time noun friday (’fifth day’)

lima-pilo

time noun the fifth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

limasisi

noun pinky finger

loa

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noun ant

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

magi haahine

menstruation

malogahu

noun collared shirt

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

manigangi

adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu-mangamanga

starfish

mmade ange aalanga

adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged

mmoli gee

haul away from

muna daemaha

noun words which hurt

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

ngau

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verb chew

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

ngudu gaiaa

charlatan

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

oaa

adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh

palo

noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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sahole

noun fishsp.: mountainbass

sau makaga de madangi

the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction

siili

a stick used in a children’s game

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

tabagau

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noun mat woven from coconut palm

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

ubu

kneecap; the shell of a coconut

valea

moldy; to have been in place for a long time