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adaada

dawn (first light)

adi saele

adjective disseminate information

alaange

adjective allowed to, permissible

alodahi hugadoo

everything, everybody; each and every

alohaai

verb love intensely

anga dogi

noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae

au madua

verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect

baageaa

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adjective weak

balia

adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)

bulu

noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

dagua

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verb say

daiao

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tomorrow

dee abo

uncomfortable (esp. socially)

dee ni dago

never mind

dee vasu

fearless (socially); inconsiderate

deleulu

verb good at catching tuna

denaa ange maalie

that is exactly right

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

denga hhuge --

upward current

dingale

noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs

dolo-mea

noun spinystarfish

dugi gee

chase away (in a certain direction)

duilaa gee

to be exceedingly unsuccessful with members of the opposite sex

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duugia i de gai

be tired of eating a particular kind of food

gai baalau

verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)

gai de henua

native food (not imported)

gai me hagadau doa

eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)

gammenge-hai-gili-dabeo

noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma

gauligi mai ange

the one next younger still

gegeli

adjective struggle

gelemea

noun a by-product of the tumeric-making process

giado

noun outriggerboom

gide

verb see

gooluu

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pronoun you (dual)

haaula

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verb set on fire

hagaadugau

verb arrange things in a row or line

hagaali

verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious

hagaaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

hagadau iloo

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verb know each other

hagadegi

verb praise (god only)

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagahebaa ngudu

adjective converse (conversation)

hagailonga

noun fishsp. : damselfish

hagauda i tege

carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip

hai be se manu

promiscuous (especially if indiscreetor known to have sexual relations with one’s own relatives)

hai gaiaa

verb use without permission

hau singano

noun garland of singano

heiangi

adjective smart, intelligent, clever

hhao tuula

adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)

hidi de honu

movement of a turtle (when feeding orsubmerging)

hidi taelodo

adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement

hua bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit; used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

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hudaa moni

noun a fleet of canoes

hulu i de lenga

to paint one’s body with tumeric

isiisi luu gauasa

to tear from limb to limb

kanamalie

adjective tasty (especially of taro)

kangi de hagasaele

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

kano maailaba

noun the wood next to the core of a tree

kumi

verb calculate (do arithmetic),figure out

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

langadala tohi

noun a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind

langadia

verb able to remain afloat with a load

lao gau-me

verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills

lehu

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noun ash(es)

llilo

adjective able to be hooked

lodo gi lunga

ambitious for a superior position

maahuge

verb open (intransitive, pl.)

Example: Denga abaaba gu maahuge. (The doors are open.)

madaa moni

noun prow of a canoe

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manu hale moni

noun a pottery bottle or jar

manu-gaba-aasanga

noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)

mmala

bitter; sour; unlucky

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

moni lele

airplane

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

muna abo donu

truth

ngalue mai

decrease

nguu

squid

nguulia

verb be nguu

niigoi

verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)

oha de ganomada

to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work

palo

noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)

saa

noun a share of food (esp. for children)

salu

verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

savini dua

adjective run backwards, move backwards fast

se goo

adept at

sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

siilinga a muna

noun trial or formal inquiry

singilidi

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noun t-shirt

soa

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noun friend

solovaani

thin and straight (of a person); having flat buttocks (considered ugly)

taa de biho

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verb wash hair

tamadaane o dogu bodu

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noun son-in-law