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adu hale

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noun village (group of houses)

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

baabuu

adjective lie down

baani

adjective lie down

badai gee

extremely meddlesome

basa senga

adjective speak senselessly

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

daane gasia

noun a person who is useful to others

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

dangaloa

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earthworm

dauagi

verb dry in the sun

debeaha

okay; so-so

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

dua dama

verb the pallor of a female following childbirth

dua duiagi

noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)

dua gi lunga

thicker (line or rope, etc.)

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

dumuagi

noun top of the head, bare hilltop

duna

noun larvae (of mosquito, etc.) found in water

dungu

verb smell (something)

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duu uli

noun sea cucumber species

duudua

noun taro plant

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noun shoulder

ga aha laa

what’s the matter with you

ga dae ai

until

gabinivali

noun a kind of ancient song

gai boo

adjective eat early in the morning

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

gauea

noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

gemo

adjective fast, swift

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

goloa labagau

noun carpenter’s tools

goobai

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noun hat

guani

noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)

haalala

verb stand leaning

hagaanu

verb cause to dance or sway

hagabela

verb provide bela for

hagadagodo

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to draft (a carving)

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hagaheloongoi

verb compare; act as an intermediary or mediator; get acquainted with

hagaleo

verb to produce sound

hagalongaa

adjective <= hagalongoaa>

hagamaasei mai

make smaller (toward one)

hagamabu age

return to land from sea (esp. of birds)

hagamadagu

scare (someone); frighten (someone).

hagamao lalo

verb humble,modest

hagamomo

verb reduce in quantity

hagapago sala

unfortunate result

hagapunidia

verb add up (many things)

hai de gubenga

to use a gubenga for fishing

hai hegau ai

verb borrow

hai me daahea

search for driftwood or other beachedobjects

hai me gavia

do crazy things

hai sumu

verb having a diamond-shaped decoration or form, etc.

hakii gee

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hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hebaledage

verb a confluence of currents (making the water choppy)

hhango

verb wakeup (someone)

hoea

verb covered with sunburn blisters

hongagelegele

i ama

on the same side of a canoe as theoutrigger float

ivi laanui

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backbone

kailu

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noun toad, frog

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

lahalaha

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adjective wide

launui

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noun coconut palm leaf

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

llabu

verb claw

lodo

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preposition, noun inside

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

mada nnui

adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)

madaanga hulu maa lima

number fifteen

madaaolo

noun capital of

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malo gahu de boo

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sheet, blanket

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

mano

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number thousand

manu-a-madaligi

noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)

mao lalo

adjective deep,low (in status)

mmea

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adjective red

mouli danuaa

adjective easy living, a good life

muna hai alaa

oh my goodness

naa gaalava

so what

nebua

verb be nebu

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngadi vai

noun a coconut shell used for water storage(on fishing trips)

nguu

noun squid (3 types)

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noun eye of the taro corm

odi mai (adu, ange)

all (e.g., have come)

paibu

noun pipe

pulu

verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand

sae mai

break through the bush (toward one)

sigale saele

adjective search for

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tainaahine madua

noun elder sister

tangada sinaa ina

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noun gray-haired person

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother

ua dodo

rain of a reddish color - an omen of death