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aagonga i lunga

noun social class of chiefs and priests

adumodu

noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)

basa ange

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verb answer; talk to

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

bua moe

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noun virgin

daadaa

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noun sweat

daaea

noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)

daahili daumaha

adjective a church song

damadaane

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noun son

dao

verb bake

dau

noun chant (ancient)

day

laangi

dee manava age

do earnestly

dee modu

adjective continually

denei naa ()

this will be it. (will this be it)

denga meenaa

those ones (plural)

diba

adjective not level, tipped to one side

dilo

noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut

dolo

noun sugarcane

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

dugu de laa

lower sail

dugu gee

put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others

duu beleala

noun immature coconutapple

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continue upon

duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

ea gi lunga

to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)

edeemaua

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impossible

gaagose

sea cucumber

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

gabetili

noun parent-in-law

gabinivali

a kind of ancient song

gadoi

verb a type of coconut with an edible husk

gano dea

the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gi

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gimo

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noun rat

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

haangaa lodo i de gai

be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much

haangoda de agau

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

hagaahee

adjective when (near future)

hagabau

verb measure, calculate,estimate

hagabulinga dangada

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noun tribe

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagadau

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pronoun each other

hagadau-me

adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue

hagaduai

verb cause to be worn out

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagamouli

verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)

hagaola

verb save from

hagasele age

verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)

hai de boo (o)

celebrate the birthday (of)

hai me a gauligi

a childish act

hano de leebunga

run (of a color); fade (of a color)

haonga lalo de henua

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noun cave

henga

noun the name of a name-group

hesilihagi gee

to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance

hhogi

adjective a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle

hine sala daane

noun nymphomaniac

huaa henua

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noun community

i

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preposition from

iga-adagahi

noun fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship)

kai, dalanga

story

kangi de hagasaele

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

laaga

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noun November

lahu

verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lii

noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)

lodo manege

adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser

lodolodo

adjective to be desirous continually

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

magi i de malama

menstruation

mahana

adjective hot (weather)

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

masagage

adjective good at fighting

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

maunusi

adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)

moe dige

adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moole

noun

mulegi

show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)

ngali

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verb take a bite of

ngalue

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verb move

paa age

explode from below

pagola

noun bad luck, punishment

palo

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

pasalia

verb be talked about (many persons or things)

sahe

noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow

salu mai

make smaller by planing or scraping

sao gainga

adjective sweep or cleanup trash

siga de mamu

an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

ssaga bau

talaa gamu

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piece of coral

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tale

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verb touch quickly

tegi

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

tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)

vvede

to massage