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adi

verb relate news or gossip

adu henua

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noun group of islands

anaa huu

those only are the ones

asu

verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon

baba

adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready

bedi

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adjective fat

bodu ode hine

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noun husband

bogi

verb to plant taro slips

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

bulu

noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk

buluu

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adjective blue

buni ange lodo

paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack

daane

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noun, adjective man; male

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

daga

verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap

dala hhua

verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)

dala-dalaa-moa

noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.

dalea

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adjective tired

dangada ngauda

adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber

daohi ange dahi hai

argue against

daulanga

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harbor

de gai i mua

favorite food

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

dogo duu

verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe

duasala

adjective hardship,difficulty

duoi

noun parasites (intestinal) of fish

gaina

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verb eat this

gaogao

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hip

gili dama

verb soft-skinned

godi

verb to trim

goe

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pronoun you (singular, object)

gogono

adjective moan

goinga o tai

noun high-watermark

gumedi vai solo

noun a type of bowl

haalala

verb stand leaning

hadu lunga

noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)

haga mahana

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verb heat

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagabaa

verb to crack (as a nut)

hagabaangoa

verb causing prostration

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagahaigamaiana

verb treat as important

hagaloma de me

calm weather, with no noise

hagammae lodo

verb insult (someone)

hagaodea

verb the time at which it is midday

hagauu

verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

hale sseni

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noun sleeping house

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

hanu mee

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

hellumi

verb melee

henua gelegele

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atoll (literally, sand island)

hhanga lua

verb split in two

hoda

verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)

honga iainei

at this time,these days

huaahenua

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community

huga

noun fine threads or strands

ilihia ssave

adjective the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

kaagi

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adjective brown

lao

noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab

lau daala buni

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noun hundred dollar bill

leu

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adjective ripe; the yellow color of softness of fruit (indicating ripeness)

llilo mai

decreasing (in number); becoming less

lou

a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down

maadau daabasi

noun a type of fishhook

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maanadu gelo

adjective profound thoughts

maangoa

adjective to be dry

maanuga

verb a wound1 or large sore (on the body)

maaui

verb givebirth to, born

mada giivia

verb dim light

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

mahi loa

adjective tireless

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manu aabi

kite

manu gulu

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breadfruit leaves

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maselesele

adjective straight-edged

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

milomilosanga

the way in which a current moves about

milosanga

the way in which a current flows

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

moni gabegabe

noun paddling canoe

moni sulu

noun submarine

ngadi hanonga

a useless journey

ni aha

what are these

puli

verb grab up all at once

pungu

adjective plump

saaluanga

a scratch (on the skin)

sau

noun

sauaa

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noun magic

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

sivi

adjective giveup

tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law

tangada maagaga

industrious person

udo

the soft wood around the center of a tree trunk

ula

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verb burn (transitive)