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abo

adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable

baieu

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.

bala langi

noun rain

basa hagassee

verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made

daaea

noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)

daahaa mada giigii

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

dagaligiligi

adjective broken into small pieces

dagamanga

noun path, route

dagua

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noun tuna

dai sagana iho goe

watchout

daina daane

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noun brothers

damaa-manu

noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)

dau

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verb read

dau

pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)

dau bodu

adjective married man or woman

de gau duuli sou

gilbertese people

delaa loo

that was it

dele de longo

spread news or rumors

denei ange

this is another one

denga meenei

these ones (plural)

dolo

adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)

donu iho

adjective realize, understand

duadonu

adjective luck, good fortune

duu gaha

noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)

duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

duumugamuga

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noun butt

gada gimoo

adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)

gada-laagau-ngaadai

noun fishsp.

gaha paa

adjective a coconut with a small kernel

gai boo

adjective eat early in the morning

galu/augau

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mucus

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gau mai moni

noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)

gi

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preposition to

giado taelodo

noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe

gidee (laa) goe

see what i mean

gili agau

verb a moss-like covering of the reef; fish which live on the reef

goobai dada

noun umbrella

gulu bala

tree-ripened breadfruit

hadu manava

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noun heart

hagabigo de ngago

fool (someone), deceive

hagadagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.

hagadaumee

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noun enemy

hagadibadiba de lima

hagaiho

verb show (someone) how to climb down

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagaodea

verb the time at which it is midday

hagapigi saele

adjective go around with someone constantly

hagapuuninga

noun a total of

hagatulu mai

verb ooze out

hagauea

verb a sleeping mat

hai madangi

verb to fart

hai taelodo

adjective obtain something in great number

hakaa

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verb sharpen

hinangalomalie

adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world

huaahai

verb expertise

huaamee

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noun young green coconut

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kave e hakide

take someone in order to train or teach him

kobu dango

adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity

kosi

noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.

laangihagamouli

time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)

langa de moana

becoming stormy (of the sea)

lehu

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noun lime

llobo

verb to put something in something else

lodo dagidahi

have differing views (within a group of people)

loimada

noun tears

lote

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preposition inside (lodo+de)

lugu me

adjective having a tendency to take by force

luu ono

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pronoun his/her (for dual, inalienable noun)

madangi

noun air

maga tau hoe

to paddle (a canoe) vigorously

mano

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number thousand

masae

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verb (intransitive) to tear (fabric, paper)

massiva

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number ninety

mataodao

noun fishsp.: cornetfish

moe danuaa

die in piece

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

monilele

noun airplane

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

mulo

verb rollup

nege

verb move (something) a little way over

ngago

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noun egg

ngudu ai

act as an interpreter

ngudu malie

eloquent (of a person)

nngana

adjective loud (noise)

noobiho

adjective be enemies (of individuals only)

nounu

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verb to tie a knot so that it is easily undone (by pulling one end of the string)

nuinui

noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

obea

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verb to have an eye (of a taro corm)

samu

verb gossip,slander

senga

crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

siba

verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking

sigo ina uavesi

don’t forget

sili

adjective drawing to an end

somo haahine

a fleshy (non-muscular) man

ssii

broken into many pieces (as glass when dropped)

umidi

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adjective hungry for fish or meat

vaii

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noun water