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aahu

adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish

aalali

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

ago

verb learn, teach

alamooi

noun june

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

balapigi

verb drenched

balu malau

noun fish sp.

binge

adjective pink

booi

noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)

daalinga

noun an area near the flowering part of a coconut tree (where birds perch)

daane honu

noun a person of many accomplishments

daatugu

verb to curse (someone)

daea

adjective to have arrived at

dangada haangoda

noun fisherman

dao

verb bake

dao ssanga

noun roof support (top) poles, wall plates

dau dinae

noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time

de gai i mua

favorite food

dele de maahaa

daybreak

denaa tagodo

that is the situation...

denga daanunga

noun graves

diinonga-o-salo

noun fishsp.

duage

verb stand

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duu-baeao

noun fishsp.: filefish

duugiva

adjective rough texture, of a plaited object(such as a mat)

gaa de malala

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gabidia

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

gai hilihili

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

gailalopoli

adjective stingy

galamada

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noun eye

gamedi vai salo

a type of bowl

gana

noun bad person

gasia

verb worthwhile,important,valuable

gau

noun grouping (of people)

gau de henua

natives

gauanga

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noun thigh

gide

verb see

giebu

noun plantsp.: spiderlily(hymenocallis littoralis (jacq.) salisb.)

golee bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

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hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.

hagadibadiba

verb rock back and forth to one side

hagadino

verb provide a portion or share

hagaduu i luu goo

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagamaaiongi

adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamoni

verb provide a canoe for

hagamou

verb include in a mou

hagao ngaohie

inexpensive

hagasae gili

pierce the skin superficially

hagauda i tege

carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip

hai de ama

to have a spouse

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hale de henua

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thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

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hanu ange

some more

hanu me

secret friend of the opposite sex

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

hege

noun the name of a name-group

hesilihaginga haiava

noun intersection

hiidagi

verb

holi

adjective shape of,form of

holiagi

verb

ilo

noun worm

iloo me

adjective charlatanism

kalo

verb stir up

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

maalama dua de laa

the light remaining after sunset

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

madaangahulu mano

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number ten thousands

madea

verb identify,recognize

mahidi

adjective separated from and curled up from

makaga

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adjective hard

malali

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adjective smooth

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

manu-ligi

verb lice (immature); louse (immature)

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

massagalala

noun burned (food)

me duu

clitoris

me pasa

noun radio

meemouli

noun living thing

mmasi

adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

mule

adjective slow; late

noobiho

adjective be enemies (of individuals only)

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

olaadeu

pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)

saibo

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

se hono

fit well or properly

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

seni tao

adjective sleep soundly

siisii

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noun fishing pole

sinaina

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verb having white hair

sogosogo

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orphaned

ua dodo

rain of a reddish color - an omen of death

ulu-dugi

hawk fish

vai geli

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well

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