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abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

adi

verb relate news or gossip

aduhale

adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house

ahe

verb return, go back

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

ahu

noun islet

alaala

noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)

aladi

verb initiate, begin

anaa sili

those were enough

ao

adjective sufficient

aoa

verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak

baeao

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noun coconut husk

bini

verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope

bopobo

adjective deteriorated

buliaamou

adjective long for, homesick

buni ange

agree with; join, close up (something, e.g., a hole); close up to

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dabadaba

noun slipperlobster

dagua

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noun tuna

dahi tali

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

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

dee nei

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noun this

delaa huu

that was it just as before

denaa laa ()

that is it there (is that it there)

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

dinae

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noun stomach

doo ma gu...

fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify

dubuna haahine

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noun grandmothers

dugi

verb scare away,chase away

duudua

noun taro plant

duumugamuga

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noun butt

gaa de malala

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gano niho

noun gums (of mouth)

gede dua dahi

noun a type of basket

gubu vae

foot, ankle

hadu mada

noun eyeball

hagabaabaagia

verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.

hagabadabaataianga

noun

hagabiho

verb cause to become a leader

hagadabena ina

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verb separated, be

hagadai

verb furnish salt to

hagadau vaasuu

adjective be attracted to or like each other(of members of the opposite sex)

hagadiinonga

verb treat as having supernatural power

hagadoe

verb put aside, leave for later, conserve

hagamaasei mai

make smaller (toward one)

halehale me

adjective a developing situation

hano ai huu

forever

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

hau bule

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noun shell necklace

hegabidi

verb packed closely together; crowdedtogether in a small place

heohi

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adjective correct; right

hugadoo

unclassified all (of things)

iga-loa

noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)

iho daahagi

adjective a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears

ilaage mai

free from

ilihia tinae

adjective a stomach distended by gas

kano siabo

noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head

langa

verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another

lava hadu

noun leader (between fishing line and hook)

lava i de goloa

having many goloa

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lede

noun penetrating cold

libo

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adjective, verb drunk, get drunk (sg.)

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

llidi

adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)

llobo

verb to put something in something else

lluhe

noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

lua lau

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number two hundred

luu omaadeu

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

maailaba

noun September

madaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama

time noun november (’eleventh month’)

malala

noun ashes

malo huna

adjective breechclout

malu gohu

adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)

malui

adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manu hao vai

noun a bottle (of glass)

mataia mai

seen being mataia

matoloia

noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

midi

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noun dream

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

moenga

bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

musu

verb whispering

ngadi uaa

adjective assent to insincerely

ngaio

needlefish

oaa

adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh

saabudu

noun fishsp. (= large saagahinoa)

salani ange

just a little salani

sali

verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)

sau aloalo

echo

somo

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noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut

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ssigo

clever, a fast learner; catch on to, understand

tangada maagaga

industrious person

tubuna aahine

noun grandmother

tulungaahi

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire