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ahinga

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noun armpit

alaa ai laa

those there then were

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

anaahi

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yesterday

ao age

daybreak (become daylight)

babu

adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

balu malau

noun fish sp.

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

basa hagassee

verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made

biia

verb get wet

boi dugidugi

noun idiot

daahinga

noun way of brushing off or sweeping

daalea

adjective tired

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dagua

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noun tuna

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

daina hahine

noun sister, female cousin

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daumaha de manu

noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears

de ngago

noun brain

deai loo me

i doubt it

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

dumanu sala

adjective bad situation; poor in appearance

duudua

noun taro plant

e hanohano

have diarrhea

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gaba-moe

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

gannui ngadaa

adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity

gede

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noun basket

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giliisi

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noun fat

hagadino

verb provide a portion or share

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagadumanu

verb cause to look like

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagasula tangada

adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai baasi

adjective take sides against, oppose

hai gainga

adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound

hai me a leangi

bad-mannered

hano de mama

escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)

hauhausanga

noun

helii

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noun grass

heloongoi

adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another

henua gelegele

atoll.

hhanga lua

verb split in two

hhoa

verb crack open; break into pieces; cut a hole in

hiidagi

verb

hua manu

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noun fruit

huaahuu daalo

noun a type of prepared food (like huaahuu, with the addition of bananas or something else sweet)

huaalavao

a strong wind

hulo saaele

verb wander around

i hee ai goe

you lose

ioonga

noun way of giving

kona iho

adjective be too much for one

lala

verb to roast

lau manu

noun leaf of a plant

laudodole

noun smallness

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lodo hinangalosaa

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depression (feeling)

loonaa

verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)

luu odaadeu

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

mada galisi

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noun small green offshoots of the coconut tree trunk

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madagauhala

noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area

madalua maa lima

number twenty five

mademadea

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

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

maege

verb raised up

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

magi

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adjective sick

malingilingi

adjective spill out little by little

mamu-honga-dai

noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)

manu-mangamanga

noun starfish

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

massagalala

verb burned (food)

maunga

noun way of becoming accustomed to

me hhadu

noun falsehood,lie

mmala

bitter; sour; unlucky

mmala luu mada

stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)

mmano

adjective thousands

ngalue mai

decrease

nguua

verb be nguu

olaadeu

pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)

oso

verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)

pee

adjective pass wind (flatus)

seaamonga

noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

sili

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verb ask

sio

noun waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind

soolo

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noun salt

tabuvae

noun toe

tama

noun child

tili

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verb send

tua

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back

usu

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nose