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agoago

noun taro fibers

agu

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pronoun my (for plural, alienable noun)

alaa ai huu

those there only then

anaa maa

those were about (approximately)

ava

adjective relief, be relieved

baieu

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

baledilo

verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear

be goai (naa huu)

whoever

bie

noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

boo iho

adjective the following night

bule dango

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daba

adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye

dabadaba

noun slipperlobster

dahola

verb fish, hunt (at night)

dama muli bee

noun the twelfth child born to a couple

dau maagau

noun a period during which many people die

delaa muhuu

how about that one there

denaa ange naa

about that (here), much more

dua saali

noun one of the lines of which saaliis composed

duba

noun land crab sp. (small)

duge

noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu

dugu dagidahi

verb place (or leave off) one at a time

duiaanga

noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object

dulivai

noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)

duu kolu

adjective stand bracing oneself

edee maua

impossible

elaa

a sound indicating surprise

gai niivoi

verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial

geesaa

noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii

giado

noun outriggerboom

gida ma gida

each individual...

gudua

verb abounding in lice

haaele

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verb adopt, raise (a child)

hadu-mangeo

cushion starfish

haelu

verb var. of hailu

hagadabena iho

verb prepare oneself, make oneself

hagadahi

verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases

hagadau doo

verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s

hagaduulanga

noun method of construction; appearance (e.g., of a ship, house, or other construction)

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagaloongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hagasuihage

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verb exchange, trade

hai me daahea

search for driftwood or other beachedobjects

henuu

placenta

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

hua-ala

noun flower

huaa me

a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing

huaalanga

noun a type of coconuttree

huevini

noun a type of string figure

hui hala

noun the fruit of the pandanus

iho

adjective get down, climb down; down

ivi a duimogo

pelvic bone

laanningi

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noun sleeveless shirt

lao gau-me

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

llidi

dress up (esp. in new or very fancy clothes)

lodo a gauligi

adjective immature (in personality); vulnerable to having one’s feelings easily hurt

loigulu

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

ma ai

and who

madangi danuaa

noun fresh air

maga tau hoe

to paddle (a canoe) vigorously

magi

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adjective sick

malali

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adjective smooth

manu-hai-hau

masaia

verb trapped by low water (e.g., canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)

masana

verb good (quality)

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

me mmala

noun bile

midia

verb dream about

mmene

adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

mounu

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verb (intransitive) break; be dismantled

muli

adjective debt,owe

ngaage

downtown.

ngadi laangi

noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished

niho

noun tooth, teeth

nnamu

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adjective filthy with food (i.e., hands after eating)

odi de masavaa

having insufficient time remaining for (something)

oho mai

come early

ohua

verb characterized by having ohu

olaadeu

pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)

saali

noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)

salau

adjective inclined, slanting, not straight, not perpendicular to

samu

verb gossip,slander

sao de leo

clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice

se biho

clever (scheme or trick)

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

sii talaa umada

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

ssabe age

eat

ssae aalanga

adjective sore in the muscles

ssuugulu

noun school

tilo buna

Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15

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

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vae

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leg, foot

valu

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number eight