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alodahi

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adjective all, every

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

baalanga sauaa

noun magnet

badabaataianga

noun

baguu

adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)

baleao

noun fish sp., milkfish

bebe

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noun butterfly

bigo

adjective bent; bedridden with illness

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

buu hale moni

noun mollusk sp.

buulei

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noun ring

daatugu

verb to curse (someone)

daava

verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)

daba de ganomada

instantaneous, in the blinking of an eye

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dagidogoisi

adjective very few for each one

dagodo hai sala

fornication

dagodo lalo

adjective seriously ill and not improving

dahea gi lalo

sink (completely)

dahi seene

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noun penny

dahuli

adjective turn back; change one’s mind

dama adu hale

noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others

daogave

noun a type of coconuttree

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

de eu

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shoulder

denei muhuu

how about this one

doonga a lima

one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar

dua alohagi

noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling

duasivi

noun the back of the spine

dubuna haahine

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noun grandmothers

duu gi lunga

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stand up

duu inai

type of mat (a half inai)

duugau

noun legs at the base of a canoe mast

gadoi

verb a type of coconut with an edible husk

gaha

noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

gaimalie

adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)

gainga o de moana

fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)

galo hilo

verb not cooked completely

gammenge-hai-gili-dabeo

noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma

gava-dea

reef heron - white phase

gave hua loa

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

gogoo

adjective

hadi bala

adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself

hadu mangeo

noun cushion starfish

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagadamadama

verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)

hagadodi

verb walk with a limp (permanently)

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagamaa

verb to treat (someone) as maa2

hagamadagu

verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)

hagamade

verb do as hard or fast as possible

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagaoda tugi

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

hagasemuna

verb make a total of one hundred million

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

hanga

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noun coconut husker

hanonga

noun trip1, journey

heloongoi

adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another

helui

adjective diminution of

henua mounga

noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)

hesilihagi

verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)

hiidagi

verb

hilihili

verb choose carefully from among many,election

hoa lalo

noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone

honu tolo

noun a turtle of the largest size

iho daahagi

a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]

ilo

noun worm

kosi

verb to scratch (once)

lapede

verb stumble and fall

luu omaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

mada gelegele

noun male child

mada tea gee

white as a sheet (of a person)

madohi boo

adjective midnight

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

manu-de-bua

noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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milo

verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

mouli

adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)

ngadi daumaha

adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults

ngaiho

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noun north

ngudu leia

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

niho vaiuu

noun milkteeth, deciduousteeth

nnoa nounu

verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it

noomeemea

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

oga

verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick

pasalia

verb be talked about (many persons or things)

sai

noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)

siilinga a muna

trial or formal inquiry

sou daane

noun a sudden strong gust of wind

ssanu

lick

sugi launui

noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf