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agoago

noun taro fibers

aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

anga

adjective pay attention to (notice), be aware of

ango

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noun pearl

anumia

verb bobbing in the water

aonga

noun sort or degree of daybreak

baageaa

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adjective weak

baasi e haa o de langi

the four quadrants of the sky

bangi mada aasanga

a certain way of pinching with the fingers

basa dau donu

speak moderately

biigi

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noun pig

bingge

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adjective pink

boa

noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition

bule

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noun shell

bungubungu

adjective plump

daagoli pelaaini

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noun fried taro and banana biscuit

daaloa

verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)

dagi ala

adjective go around aimlessly

daia magu magau

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verb killed, be

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

damaa-manu

noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)

dauhuli (ange)

noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face

dee kasi

perhaps

dii de laa

the shining of the sun

dodo ina

bloody

doo mai de malino

completely calm

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duu ange

adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)

ege iho

adjective lower (something)

gaisaa

verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical

ganabu

noun the base of a coconut tree trunk

gave ala

a method of planting mats

gimo

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noun rat

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

goonanga

noun a record set by an individual (or team)

gu madagu

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verb frighten

guao

noun the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore

hadu o de mamu

noun the hard stomach-like organ of certain fish

hadu-bunga

noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma

hagabuni

verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations

hagadaalea

verb ; tiresome

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadania

verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit

hagailonga ange agina

assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark

hagaingoo

verb give a name to, named, called

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagame ange laa

a little later

hagatangohi

verb the fading of light after sunset

hai modo

verb eat (or pick) when still unripe

hale pono

noun prison, jail

halihalibaa

noun fishsp.: flatfish

hau ua

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noun necklace

hiidagi

verb

hinangalosaa iho

adjective self-pity

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

idiidi

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noun April

ise

noun fishsp.: halfbeak

kano siabo

noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head

kobu dango

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

laangai buusagi

a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lima ma vae ange

work for as a servant

llaga

verb take a single step

llonga

verb muscle fatigue

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

lua lau

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number two hundred

lua-aligi

adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)

luu oluu

pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)

luu omaadeu

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

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

mada galava

noun spear foreshaft

mada-galisi

verb the stem of the coconut

madaanga hulu maa lua

number twelve

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

madolidoli

verb of unusual age or size

magau danuaa

die peacefully (shown by a beatific facial expression on the corpse and the calmness of the weather)

magi dabeo

menstruation

malena

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adjective stretched

manu-de-hala

noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)

manu-mangamanga

starfish

masui

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left

mavaevae

adjective scattered

me hagaahulu

prepared food

me hagaahulu

noun prepared food

modu

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noun islet

moenga

bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping

muna abo (donu)

noun truth

paa de mahedua

sneeze loudly

saalua

verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched

se aha au naa

you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree

sii bido lua

vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

suisui

become wet

suusu

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noun shoe

tai unu

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thirsty

tilo ange

verb nurse; look after

tolo i nui

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noun coconut seed

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ugu

rub (with pressure, as with sandpaper); the skin of the stingray used for sanding

uhe

wasteful of taro when peeling it