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aau

verb remove

aduhale

adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house

adumua

verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver

alaa donu

those there only

alohi vae

noun sole (of foot)

bido abongi

capsize eventually

boli

verb take special care of

boo danuaa

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good night

bua

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noun a category of flowers that has five petals and a fragrant odor

bugubugunga

noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance

bunaa

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

buugani

adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)

daaea

noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)

daahanga ange

give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

daemaha

adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dahea gi lalo

sink (completely)

datane-uli

noun fishsp.

datanu

noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)

daula luu hadu

noun testicle cords

deainga

noun nothingness

deledele saele

adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)

demeelaa

that one over there

denaa maa

that is about (approximately)

dinae o ssaiolo

<= dinae o de laa>

dogaa ange

feel shy in the presence of

dona

noun wart, mole (raised)

dubuna aahine

noun grandmothers

gaadu

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noun dog

gadea

noun the side of the canoe away from the outrigger float

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

gai lima dahi

to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)

gaibea daane

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male crab

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galua

verb having viscous sputum

gave ala

verb a method of plaiting mats

gidee

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verb see

giligili

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noun stone

hadu goinga

noun boundarystone

hadu lunga

noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)

hagabasa

verb cause someone to speak; convince

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagadodi

verb walk with a limp (permanently)

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagahonu age lodo

verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat

hagasemuna

verb make a total of one hundred million

hagassogaanga

noun

hai dauaa

verb be in a wrinkled condition

hai ganabu

verb the stage in the development of a coconut tree in which ganabu begins to develop

hai me a gimoo

to act insincerely

hano ai huu

forever

hano gi de maalama

transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form

hanolia

verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)

haunga

noun manner of wearing a flower garland

heduge

noun slate-pencilurchin

hhoa de lae

to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds

holiage

verb go about something in a complete circle

hologemo

adjective

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

ili taalanga

talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

kana mai

watch your step around me

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

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verb take, receive

kii

verb move away

laagau aalo saelenga

noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house

laba

verb flash (as of lightning)

laohie age

improving condition (of weather)

lodo senga

adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)

luu meenaa

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those things by you (dual)

luu odaadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

mada gelegele

noun male child

madohi iho

adjective to reach halfway down

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malua

noun vagina

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

me bouli

noun the deepest part of the lagoon

me gu modu

decision

mee

noun thing

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

moolau huu

punctual

moosee

verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)

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.;

nau

noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)

ngaio-golai

noun fishsp.: needlefish

ngalue de gauvae

dislocated jaw

ngudu aahua

islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)

noa

verb tied (as with rope)

nohu

noun fishsp.: stone-fish

ohu

a depression in a tree trunk

oo

pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)

osi

verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

saabai moni doo

carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)

sau aloalo

verb echo

sou

a gust of wind

tangada gaiaa

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noun thief

vaaligi

adjective small (for plural noun)