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aabi

noun room (of a house)

aahine

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noun female

aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

alaa huu

those (there) only are the ones

alobagi

verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll

alohi

noun anything forming a semi-circle

au ga humai nei

"i’m going on my way now..."

baasi masui

adjective left side, left-handed

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

basalia

verb seep (of water)

bige

noun a strip of land extending into the sea or a swamp

biini

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noun pen

budu

noun the appearance of many fish (or birds, or animals which are good to eat) after a death

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dae maduu

noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net

dangalebu

verb rough or choppy sea condition

dangaligi

noun a type of basket

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

dau i tua

memorize

delaa huu

that was it just as before

doa

noun giant

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

doo ngaage

adjective south wind

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dua saali

noun one of the lines of which saaliis composed

duai lalo vae

noun a type of coconut grater which is placed under the leg

dubuna

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noun grandparents; ancestors

dugi de lodo

to fish in various places (in the lagoon) in order to catch as many fish (of any kind) as possible

dugi gee

chase away (in a certain direction)

dui moni

noun a fleet of canoes (in line)

duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continueupon

duugau

noun legs at the base of the canoe mast

gaadu

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noun dog

gai modo

verb eat when still unripe

galamata

noun eye

gida ma gida

each individual...

gili dabeo

verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm

goloa baalanga

noun metal-working tools

goloa o de hine

female genitalia

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

haa lodo

noun the inner coconut palm frond

hagaala

verb make mat sections

hagabala

verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)

hagadabu

verb restrict

hagadaga ange

increase in

hagausi

darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)

hai hegau hilo

work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)

hai mogobuna

adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild

haidama

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verb, adjective pregnant

hano

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verb go

hano gi bouli gee

to transfigure oneself

hedangisi

adjective to make noise by scraping things together (e.g., the grinding sound of jaws)

holau

canoe house

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

huaalavao

verb a strong wind

hune

noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

igohinga

noun way of using igohi

iloo iho

adjective realize, know

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

lodo degi

adjective having a forgiving nature

ma gi

in order to

ma te hakii

the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maadau dae ssae

noun a type of fishhook

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

madadaagodo

adjective gradual slope or inclination

madangi

verb wind,gas,flatus

maege

verb raised up

maga de gau dogi

masturbate (of males only)

maimai ange

to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)

malanga

adjective lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from ; separated from

manu de gabadanga

noun the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

moana dabeo

verb rough seas

muli madangi

verb sailing downwind

nao

verb to extract by gouging out with a finger

niho gai

noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

olonoa

sea cucumber

ono llau

number six hundred

sabo

verb do slowly

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

sau makaga de madangi

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

sauvalovalo

verb echo

sele gi tonu

make sure of

sii diidii

adjective urinate

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

silasila

verb look around for

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

ssae de hine

to deflower a girl

ssali dodo

verb bleed

ssunu

suck, smoke (cigarettes)

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

tainadaane madua

noun elder brother

tala

rough in texture (as perceived at one time)

tane ga haibodu

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noun groom

valaai tao

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