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aala anaboo

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verb stay up all night (pl.)

ahangi

noun lagoon

ahi malo

noun a mat wrapping for clothes

alaa naa

those only

anaa ai

these (there) only

anaa ange

and these (there)

anei naa loo

these seem to be

aoao

verb becoming daylight

baaini gi lalo

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verb lie down

bagia

verb be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc.)

balu

noun fish sp.

basa dau donu

speak moderately

bau ange

capable of, be the equal of

binge

adjective pink

bolo ange

bequeath

buubudu

adjective crowded together closely

daa de gaehala

to swing a jump rope made of gaehala

dai seni

adjective sleepy

dalea

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adjective tired

danu de bela

spade up taro plots, adding mulch

dau

noun cover for an earth oven

dogo huadia

verb a way of punting a canoe

doi-lesi

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore

dona

verb wart,mole (raised)

doo

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pronoun your (singular; for singular, inalienable noun)

doo ade

a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’

dulivai

noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)

dumulu

noun july

duu inai

duulanga

noun the place of, the track of (something)

gada-ahai

noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

gaiaa dau bodu

commit adultery

galeve

noun the sap of the coconut tree (taken from the inflorescence)

ganae-oo

threadfin fish

gau dagodo

noun the boom of a sail

gidee

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verb see

gilaau

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pronoun they (dual)

gili hano

verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk

golomagi lodo

adjective self-controlled

gulu bala

tree-ripened breadfruit

hagabasalia

verb convince someone completely

hagadabena ina

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verb separated, be

hagadogo number

verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)

hagaeligi

verb treat as an eligi

hagalongo imuna

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verb obey

hagaloongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hagasugi ange

to use an abbreviated name or acronym

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai

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verb do, make

hai maalisa

having an overhanging reef shelf

hakaa

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verb sharpen

hakai

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noun earring

hanu mee

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

hhanga de ngudu

open one’s mouth

hhuna

verb hide at one time

hoe

noun a canoepaddle

hulu

noun reactive hostility

kano maalama

noun a phosphorescent flash in the water

kano malie

adjective a tasty tuber of good quality

keli

adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)

lima dangada ina

a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer

llabu

verb claw

llanga

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verb weave

longo

adjective hear, feel; news

luu ooluu

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pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)

ma te hakii

the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maailele

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verb die

madohi

adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point

maduilau

noun fishsp.: goatfish

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

mmidi

verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

mougu

noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.

muna o de henua

a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)

ngadi humai

adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)

ngalue

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verb move

ngauda

inland of; landlubber

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

niho gaina

noun teeth with cavities

noho

verb settle somewhere; live somewhere

olioli

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

pala de langi

it’s raining

panga

adjective

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sausaubaligi

verb always saubaligi

savaa

adjective soon (will happen)

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

singano

verb the flower of the pandanus tree

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

somo

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verb grow

taina ahine odogu bodu

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noun sister-in-law

tama hagai

poor fellow!

tangaho

noun liver

tilo ange

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verb raise