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aabi

noun room (of a house)

abitala

noun eave (of a house)

abongi

adjective capsize

adumua

verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver

aha naa

let’s (later)

alaa muna

word <= dalaa muna>

aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

avaava

verb full of holes

baa donu

adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)

balu

verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)

bini dali gadaha

a method of braiding dali into string to make a bird snare; six-ply braiding (of rope)

bodu o taane

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noun wife

boi

adjective abnormal

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

bunei

noun fish sp.: batfish

daagelo

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noun February

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

de hine hagahaanau

midwife

doa

noun giant

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dolo

adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)

doo ade

a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’

dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duudae goede

noun the inky excretion of the octopus

gabinivali

noun a kind of ancient song

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

gaibea haahine

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female crab

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gano niho

noun gums (of mouth)

gau dahi

adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)

gave ala

a method of planting mats

geao

noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)

gili dama

verb soft-skinned

gili maalama

verb light-skinned

gili somo

noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)

gu odi ange ona

he has done all he could

gubu dolo

noun a joint of the sugarcane

haa daha

noun the outer coconut palm frond

haangoda de boo

a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagadubu maduu paa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduu eidu

superstitious; to believe in ghosts.

hagaduu ngavesi

adjective make boxes

hagailoo

verb announce

hagalloba ange

to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagasaulaba

verb treat as saulaba

hagatala senga

adjective foolishly rough playing or joking

hagaulu

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

hagausi

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

hai de hai

adjective stubborn, willful

hai ngaohie

adjective easy

hale hai niho

dentist’s office

hano ai huu

forever

hano ge

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verb leave

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

heiloo

adjective know each other,understand each other

hili

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verb choose

honu

green turtle (2 varieties)

hulumanu

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noun feather

huna me

a habitual thief

kaagi

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adjective brown

kangi de hagasaele

a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)

laagau lui

noun a cross (e.g., of wood)

laangidabu

time noun sunday

labua gee (lodo)

having an upset stomach; to be on the point of nausea

lou gulu

adjective pick breadfruit

luu ono

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pronoun his/her (for dual, inalienable noun)

maadau iganibongi

noun a type of fishhook (biggest, for iganibongi fishing)

maanadu iho

adjective think about oneself

mada-galisi

the stem of the coconut

mademadea

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

maea

noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)

magini

a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

mala

bald

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

masana

verb good (quality)

massala

clear-headed

me hanga dalogo

ingredients of dalogo

moahulu

goatfish

moe baubau

adjective sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony

mogo

noun shoot from a sprouting coconut

moomuna

adjective fatty

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngadi laangi

noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished

ngaholu

adjective bent

ngu te lodo

noun the edge of the lagoon reef

noho dodo

adjective coagulation of blood

saavale

verb spit,drool,sputum

saga gee

saga away from; extend out inspace

sau aloalo

echo

savale

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saliva

sii tae

adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)

tangada dee doo gi de me

uncouth person

togo dahi

first

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)

vvede

to massage