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aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

adu

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noun skipjack tuna

aduhenua

noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago

ala

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verb awaken, wake up

anaa maa

those were about (approximately)

baa donu

adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)

baba ange

ready for

biigi laanui

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noun boar

boo gi de gai

continually wanting to eat

bosu

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adjective full (after eating)

bubu

adjective move about

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

bula de ganomada

get mad

daia e tulidaa

urgency in micturation

dami

verb close1 one’s jaws; closing of the two halves of a clam shell

dangii

noun fishsp. (= small valu)

danudanu

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

dau

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verb read

deainga

noun nothingness

delaa ai loo

that was it at last

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

dogo duu

verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe

dohi dilo

verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)

dohu lodo

adjective full to capacity

dolodolona

verb often flooded

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

duubulei

noun head of the penis

gai lima lua

eat greedily (with both hands)

galisi

noun lizardsp.

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gana

bad person

gano siga

noun strands (of cloth)

gii age

cry out softly

go

hano

goobai dada

noun umbrella

haame / huame

noun coconut, green

hagadogaa dangada

adjective embarrass people by one’s actions

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagadoopeva

verb playatrickon

hagaiho

verb show (someone) how to climb down

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagamaamaalama

verb shine on continuously

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrepectful way

hai duu

verb to carry a baby about

hakide gee

spoil (a child)

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

hano

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verb go

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

hulu manu

noun feathers

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

ianga

verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger

ina gi hale

noun a row of thatch

kailuu

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noun frog, toad

kii iho

adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)

kivi

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adjective thin (for people)

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

langi moni

noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

lava i de goloa

having many goloa

lii

noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)

loa mea

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noun red ant

loange

adjective go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

lou

a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down

luu meelaa

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those things over there (dual)

luu oluu

pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)

maatala

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adjective easily unfastened or untied

mabu

adjective rested

madalama

noun tip of coconut palm leaf

maduupaa

noun a type of string figure

magulu

adjective defeated

mahanga

adjective be split open

mahedua

noun sneeze

mahuda

adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

manu somo

noun tree, plant

manu vaaligi

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noun insect

manu-de-boo

noun centipede

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

masole

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adjective abraded (skin), scratched

matoloia

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

mmao

adjective far,distant

moa

noun birdsp.

mou

noun agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;

ngaage nei

gilbertislands

ngalue mai

decrease

nnamu hagaduugia

adjective stench

olo

noun an area in which sand has accumulated;beach, sandspit

paa age

explode from below

sahudu

noun fishsp.: seabass

saohia

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adjective free

sii diidii

adjective urinate

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tilo buna

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noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)

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tulungaahi

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels

uli

adjective black

vaga

noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship

valagei

whip black coral