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abodonu

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kind

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

anumia

verb bobbing in the water

au hagi

verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef

baalanga

noun metal (any kind)

baasua

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noun clam

basa gee

speak (or express oneself) strangely

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

bele

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imported plant species, similar to cabbage

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bili i de lodo

unforgotten

bua maimuni

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noun plant sp; type of bua

daa de gaehala

to swing a jump rope made of gaehala

daahanga

verb fool (someone), deceive

daamadaa-sele

noun insectsp.: waterbug

daane dau

noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)

dagahi

verb step on, kick with one’s heel

dai bigi

adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

dala

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verb unfasten, undo, untie

daogave

noun a type of coconut tree

de eidu pale

fortunately, luckily

dilo

verb look at (inspect)

donu gee

misunderstand

duu baa

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noun one half of an oyster shell

eidu

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god, ghost, spirit

gaa

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verb burn (intransitive)

gaadinga osi

noun a coconut selected as a seedling

ganae-oo

threadfin fish

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

gili dama

verb soft-skinned

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goloa haangoda

noun fishinggear

gona

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noun belly button

goobai lau

noun a hat made from pandanus leaves

guba-dee-gaina

noun fishsp.

gudua

verb abounding in lice

haangoda de agau

noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)

haangoda mada aasanga

to fish for labelabe

hagaalongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagaau gee

bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid

hagadamadama

verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagasoa ange

go along with others,join the crowd

hagasoe ange

aim at

hageli

verb a sort of sound in ancient chants

hakide gee

spoil (a child)

hauhausanga

noun

hebagi

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verb fight

heohi ange

suited to,fit (with),appropriate to

hhuu

adjective chuckle

honga de masavaa

at the time of

hoosenga ange

embarrassed by

huahuaa me

noun

iai maalie

adjective just about right

kivi

adjective skinny (people, animals)

laagau hagadauaadea

noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it

laangi

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noun day

langaa lodo

adjective a sudden access of emotion

lehu

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noun lime

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

lobaloba

verb flapping (of a sail in the breeze)

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

maailaba

noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maatala

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adjective easily unfastened or untied

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

madagu

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adjective frightened, scared

madangi danuaa

noun fresh air

madaono

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number sixty

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

maidigi

noun august

mainu

noun bait (on the hook)

malaangahu

noun feast held for a newly launched canoe

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malillili

adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

mammamu

noun fish (in children’s speech only)

me hagaahulu

prepared food

me holu

noun bow

mmoa

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adjective cooked

moa

noun the blossom of the banana tree

mogomogo ina

muscular

moumou

verb wasteful,waste (something)

muli sua hadu

reefward of the storm beach; beach rock

naba i de muna

converse earnestly

nao

verb to extract by gouging out with a finger

nngaolia

verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

ono

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number six

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

saelea

verb walkedupon

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

ssaga bau

taau

pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)

tudae

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verb defecate (shit)

vaasuu

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verb like someone or something, feel affection for