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abi

noun fish sp.: tang

abitala

noun eave (of a house)

adudau

noun sandspit

adumodu

noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)

aha laa

I wonder why

ahi tugi

noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

anaa ange maalie

those are exactly right

anga baabaa

noun mollusk sp., spider conch

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

boa

noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition

bubu

adjective move about

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

daane dagidahi

noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality

daava

verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)

dabu vae

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dala-loa

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish

dalangasau

verb be quick-witted in an emergency

dama daohi

noun an adopted child

dama doe

noun the fourth child born to a couple

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

de mee naa

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that one (by you)

delaa maa

that there was about (approximately)

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

donu sala

adjective misunderstand

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

eba

a sleeping mat (child’s)

galo sugi mada

glimpse

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gau hadu

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

gau mai moni

noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

gu soe donu

unmistakably, for certain

guani

noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)

gubu vae

foot, ankle

haa mee

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noun coconut for drinking

haangoda dua agau

noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hadu goinga

noun boundary stone

hagaalo-uli

verb cause to be dark (of fully mature coconutmeat)

hagabadabaataianga

noun

hagaduu me

adjective miserly

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagao ngaohie

adjective inexpensive

hai de biho

verb act smart (deviously)

hai mee magua

sort of steal

haiadaligi

noun the eldest child of the eldest child

haiava

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

hanohano dua

adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)

henua gee

foreign lands

hia

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how many

hiie unu

verb thirsty, be

hiisoa

noun plantsp.: cassythavine(cassytha filiformis l.)

huadia

noun fishing pole

huna

verb hide ; breechclout

husi

noun tarobog, swamp

huuhuli

verb

ilihia ssave

adjective the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

ioo

adjective to make a sound indicating "take it"

lau

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noun softened pandanus leaf

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lele

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verb fly

lili baasi gee

accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member

lollolo

verb oily

lolo

noun oil

longoiho

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verb feel

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

mada duulanga

noun an important position (spatially)

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madau-dalinga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

manu

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

manua

verb diseased

maseu

adjective to scatter (when in a group)

masimasi

noun dolphin

massiva

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number ninety

me mmilo

current (in the sea)

me tao

dye

mmili

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verb to grate

mother

tinana

muli mai ange

a little later, by and by

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngahui

noun tens of coconuts

noho hhanga

adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart

obe

noun eye of the taro corm

paa de mahedua

sneeze loudly

paa de mahi dua

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verb sneeze

saagule

pick head lice

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sagulaa-saamono

noun fishsp.

sauligi

a type of adze (with a rotatable head)

se mouli dangada

rascal

sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

sogosogo

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alone

ssala

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verb find

togo dolu

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third