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abasasa huu

European in manner or appearance

agoago

verb learning, teaching

ana

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pronoun his/her (for plural, alienable noun)

au ga sano

I give up

babaiangi

verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)

bedi

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adjective fat

boi

adjective abnormal

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

buliaamu

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adjective sad

daala

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noun dollar bill

daane dau

noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)

dae gi oona

be tops

dagalia

verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare

dai

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noun lagoon, sea, salt

daia magu magau

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verb killed, be

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dao

noun a spear, branch of (part of)

dao huge

verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked

dau gadea

noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)

dau gulu

verb breadfruit season

dau hala

verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures

dauagi

verb dry in the sun

dee hai gee

be tied (e.g., in a footrace)

dee savala

uninterested in; not enjoy

dele

verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)

dena

that

dinihu

verb industrious, hardworking

doonga

noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)

doopeva

noun trick, prank

duu gee

adjective out of alignment

gaagose

noun seacucumber sp.

galevaleva

noun birdsp.

gatae

noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)

geiuli

lizard species

goo

adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)

gu mmasa

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adjective dried

haa leu

noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown

hagaali

verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious

hagaau aloha

adjective poor (not rich)

hagabau

verb measure, calculate,estimate

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadau kino

adjective hate each other

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagadinoangahulu

verb make a total of ten people

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagavvale

verb spiritpossession

hai huaabodu

treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether

hai kai

adjective show-off, proud

hakide

verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)

hale maadenga

noun mortuary house

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hebuihagi

verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close

hemuu

adjective talk to one another

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

hou

verb drill (native bow drill)

huaabodu

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noun family

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

hune

core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

ia

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pronoun he, she, it

igauli

noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)

ingoo

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noun name

ivi a duimogo

pelvic bone

laagau

noun wood,stick (of wood)

laangi hagamouli

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noun Saturday

labu ssenga

adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)

leia togomouli

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verb have hiccups

lima madua

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lodo gi lunga

ambitious for a superior position

loha

bird species

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

maanegabo

energetic

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madaa gamu

noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malingilingi

adjective spill out little by little

manu

noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu solo laagau

a file (for filing metal)

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

niho ngalo

molar teeth, wisdom teeth

nnoa nounu

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

noho maadai

adjective sit quietly

nohoanga hodooligi

the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

oda

eat something raw

oho iho

adjective come ashore early in the morning

olaa

a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

omaau

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

ono

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pronoun his several, her several, its several

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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se agoo

adept at

tainaahine gauligi

noun younger sister

tainaahine o dogu damana

noun paternal aunt

tama hagai

poor fellow!

tamadaane o dogu bodu

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noun son-in-law

tea

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adjective white

vai

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noun liquid, water