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adu

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

alo-uli

adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)

aloo anahee

for how long has this been going on

baluu

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noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

beau

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noun wave, the surf

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bongaa manu

noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

bunei

noun fish sp.: batfish

daaligidanga

noun the slope of a canoe’s keel

daane abo donu

noun gentleman,person who is good

daane ssili dala

special one,important one

dagodo mai

appear from yonder

dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

dai deeai donu

almost none at all

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

damadaane

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noun son

datada

verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain

dau malino

verb an area of the sea which is dead calm

daumaha daahili

noun song service (in church)

debele

noun table

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

dogaa ange

feel shy in the presence of

dua nnui

adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)

duu ange

adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)

duu ngavesi

noun a cover of a box

duudae goede

noun the inky excretion of the octopus

ebuebu

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bubbles

gaadu

verb give (colloquial)

gaba-moe

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

gai de henua

noun native food (not imported)

galavalava

noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

gano agau

reef (including land thereon)

gave lodo

adjective attract attention

golo me

adjective unforgiving

goo

adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

guaha

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why

gumigumi

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chin

haangoda ina

<= haangodalia>

hadu solo bulaga

a taro grater made from a certain type of coral

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagalongaa

adjective <= hagalongoaa>

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagammuni

verb hide (something) from

hai me mule me

habitually slow or late

hanu

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verb have

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

hodo

noun the spine of the stingray

holi

shape of, form of

honga de masavaa

at the time of

honu de maasina

noun full moon

huuhuaa me

sorcery (made with chants)

kadi gauvae

adjective to clench one’s teeth (from cold)

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

langi

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noun rain, heaven, sky

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

lehu

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noun lime

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

loha

noun birdsp. (never seen live)

longo iho

adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)

luu ogu

pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

luu panava

noun scrotum (whole thing)

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

mada hoou

adjective brand new

madaangahulu-malama

time noun october (’tenth month’)

maga

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verb throw

magi dee manava

asthma

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

malo haahine

noun dress

manu vaaligi

noun insect (small)

masana

verb good (quality)

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

me aha ai

what for

me dau

noun thing of importance,worthwhile

misi

adjective a sound made by sucking through pursedlips

muli

adjective debt,owe

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngau

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verb chew

ngudu-me

noun boundary of a taro plot

odea

noon, midday

odo

verb thatch

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

olaa

a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

osi

a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

sabini

verb to wrap around

sae de hadu

make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)

sahe

noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow

sali ssavale

salivate

samua

verb slandered; to have been an object of gossip

savini

adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)

seaha

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what

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

sigo de muna

remember what one has heard

tama

noun child

uhi

to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts