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adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

asu

verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon

baalau

adjective sticky, greasy

badu

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verb kick

baguu de laa

past noon

balabala

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adjective soft

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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basa pada

adjective speak harshly

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

bini daubeemala

verb a method of making flower headdresses

boaa ina mai

prevented from coming by being caught in a storm

bula

adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)

daaligidia

verb to have been moved about by the wind

daane honu

noun a person of many accomplishments

dada

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verb pull

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dae

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intestines

daelodo dee odi ange

oddnumber

dagu made

perhaps,maybe

dalo

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noun soft taro

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dama doe

noun the fourth child born to a couple

daula duu nui

noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground

delaa naa ()

that there will be it (will that be it)

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

dodi

adjective have a limp (physical condition)

duu gee

adjective out of alignment

duu gi lunga

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stand up

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

eigele

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noun eagle

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gaba de aasanga

noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gaina

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verb eat this

gainga o de moana

fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)

galaahu

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noun cheek

galaahuu

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noun cheek

galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

gau hadu

the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gilisau

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verb undress

goloa hebagi

noun arms (tools of war)

golomagi lodo

adjective self-controlled

guduaanga

noun abounding in lice

haaede

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verb measure

haaligi

verb wrap from under, wrap around; to line1 something (e.g., a box, with paper)

hagadama

verb treat as a child

hagadungu

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verb sniff, smell

hagaduu dala

adjective angry and ready to fight

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagalueia

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vomit

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hagauda i tege

carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip

hai maa

relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse

hai me a leangi

bad-mannered

hailu

verb wipe oneself (after defecating)

hatuli

verb thunder

hebaa

adjective be close

honu kadi

adjective filled up completely (with solids); full up (and tightly packed)

huadia

noun fishing pole

hulu

verb apply liquid on,smear on

hulu i de lenga

to paint one’s body with tumeric

hulubala

verb smeared with grease or paint or food, etc.

huudanga

noun way of singing

ilaage mai

free from

labua

verb knead thoroughly

lao gau-me

verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

llonga

verb muscle fatigue

maangalo

verb sweet

madaanga hulu maa dolu

number thirteen

madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

mahi loa

adjective tireless

mahu

adjective healed (of a sore)

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malui

adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose

mamu

noun fish (generic term)

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu vaaligi

noun insect (small)

me abadai

noun european things (gear, etc.)

me de lodo

noun a fishing place (in the lagoon)

me maaguluaa

noun dislocated joint (of the body)

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

moolau huu

punctual

niho

noun tooth, teeth

nodi

verb to tie a knot in the hair

oo

adjective shout

oo

number zero

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

salaboi

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noun May

seaha

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what

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

siiviivii

verb a way of singing a child to sleep

sinasinaina

adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law

unusaagi

deception

vvala

a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water