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adilo

noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire

alukaba

verb leave quickly (usually under duress)

anei ai huu

these only then

anga iho

noun self-awareness

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

basa dua nnui

speak undiplomatically

bigo

adjective bent; bedridden with illness

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bunaa

noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)

daa

noun fish sp.: squirrelfish

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daakodo

adjective be in place ; liedown

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dagi gee

lead away from

dagodo lalo

adjective seriously ill and not improving

daguu

noun axe

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dama dagidahi

noun the only child of a couple

dangalebu de moana

rough or choppy seas

de aha

which is it

dee gide

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blind

dele de gada

smile

denga meenei

these ones (plural)

dodo

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blood

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

dona

noun wart, mole (raised)

dongi ange

appoint

duu duli

adjective kneel

duugau

noun legs at the base of a canoe mast

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

edee maua

impossible

gaagaa

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noun baby

gaange

verb give

gaba aasanga

noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

gai mamu dua nnui

to eat fish up (not saving any for later)

gaua

verb to have enlarged lymph nodes

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

guumanga

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noun arithmetic

hagaada

verb give a picture to

hagaaigoli

noun a food tree on another’s land

hagaaoa

verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak

hagaaualoha

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verb poor

hagadagodo

verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples

hagadoa

verb act like a giant

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamalo

verb provide clothes for

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hai de biho

verb act smart (deviously)

hakaadia

verb make tightly packed

hale lau

noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)

hano i luu moana

die (a person)

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hedae

adjective meet up with; be even with each other

hilo ange

mix with

hologumi

adjective

hongagainga

adjective urinate

kave e hakide

take someone in order to train or teach him

laba

verb flash (as of lightning)

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

lalo ade

solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)

lao

noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab

lima dangada ina

a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer

lluu

adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)

lodo gi me

adjective acquisitive, covetous

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lua-laangi

time noun tuesday (’second day’)

maangoa

adjective to be dry

madahidu

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number seventy

madangi

noun wind

madila

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noun bamboo

madila diadia

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

magi kino

adjective loss of appetite

mahagi

adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)

malo gulu

noun barkcloth

malua

noun vagina

manavasaa

adjective scared; afraid

manavasaa

adjective worried, apprehensive,fearful

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu gulu

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breadfruit leaves

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manu-a-luga

noun insectsp.: fruitfly

masugi

adjective having a hole, pierced

midia ange

dream about

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

moni

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noun canoe

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moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

ngago

egg

nguulia

verb be nguu

odea

adjective noon, midday

paa age

explode from below

pula

adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect

pungu

adjective plump

sii valavala

spray

taina daane

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noun brother

tegi

adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)

tigo

defecate