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aabida

verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves

ago

verb learn, teach

aha naa

let’s (later)

alaa ai

those only

alahenua

noun plot of (bush) land, acreage

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pronoun his/her (for plural, alienable noun)

aude haia

no kidding

basa hagamao lunga

speak arrogantly

bele

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imported plant species, similar to cabbage

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bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

bii o madahasi

a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night

buluu

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adjective blue

buu goede

worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>

dabuna

noun part of the female genetalia

dada age

verb raise (a flag)

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

daea

adjective to have arrived at

daedae

adjective to reach many places

daga ula

verb go lobster catching

dagahi ange gi de --

serve as a side dish for

dagodo mai

appear from yonder

dahi tali

adjective depend on (e.g., to come), rely on

daia e de hegau

overworked

dalanga a kai

a story which is not true

dalebu

verb turbulent (air or seas)

damaahine

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noun daughter

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

de aha

which is it

de ahiahi danua

good evening

dee baa tae

stay for only a very short time

degide

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adjective blind

denei ange

this is another one

dohi dilo

verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)

dolu-inoha

time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

donu ange

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verb understand

dotodo

verb bloody (of a person)

dugi de lodo

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

dumuulu

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noun July

duu de ogaanga

having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)

duu duli

adjective kneel

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continueupon

gada

adjective laugh

gada-laagau-ngaadai

noun fishsp.

gadinibidi

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a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

gaha dea

adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)

gai ngaadahi

adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population

gaimee

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verb eat (intransitive)

galu/augau

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mucus

gau anga

noun thigh

gaulama

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noun spine of the coconut palm

gaunga

noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire

gava-dea

reef heron - white phase

giado madua

noun main outrigger booms

gili dabeo

verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm

gumigumi

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chin

haelu

verb var. of hailu

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaao

verb cause to be sufficient

hagamahana

verb heat

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hai me magua

sort of steal

haiava

noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

haonga lalo de henua

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noun cave

hesuihagi

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verb exchange, trade

hhui age

eat a snack

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hoa lalo

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

holiholi

noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)

holo

verb swallow

hua i gadea

the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float

hue

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generic term for "fern"

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iho daahagi

adjective a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kii

adjective win,overcome

laagau-bala-uda

noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)

lahhie

noun firewood

lii

noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)

lligi

adjective fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small

lua

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number two

maangalo

sweet

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

magua

adjective thieving

mahanasia

verb heated

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

massogosogolia

verb to have been by oneself

me ne modu

decision

nehu

verb clear (in focus)

nohoanga hodooligi

the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

obea

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verb to have an eye (of a taro corm)

pelaini

verb to fry

saavale

noun spit, saliva

sae mai

break through the bush (toward one)

seisei

pipefish

siva-dahanga

time noun the ninth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

somo

adjective grow, develop; coconutapple

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tainaahine o dogu bodu

noun sister-in-law

udo

the soft wood around the center of a tree trunk