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aalohi modu

noun lagoonward of the islets of the atoll

agoago

verb learning, teaching

alaa ai huu

those there only then

alaa ange naa

about that (over there) much more

anei naa

these (here) only

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

boobua

noun dragonfly

daemahadia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagalonga

noun path, route

dahola

verb fish, hunt (at night)

dai deeai donu

almost none at all

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

dangada mai i daha

relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

de ulu hagabolebole

topmost part of any standing object

dee kona

easily

demeelaa

that one over there

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

dolu lau

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number three hundred

doo de hatuli

the’falling of thunder’

doo i de ubu

too big in size (of clothes)

doo tuugau

a dislocation of the tuugau

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duudangaa solo

noun a package of solo (food) wrapped in coconut leaves and heated; flashlightbattery

duugia i de gai

be tired of eating a particular kind of food

ege ange

move (something) over

eu doo

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

ga-hudi

banana

gaagoo

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noun chicken

gaba taiao

noun early morning

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gatae

fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)

geao

noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

golomagi

verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)

gubu

noun joint (of the hand or foot); verse (of a song)

gubu lima

hand, wrist

gulabe

noun rectum

gumedi vai solo

noun a type of bowl

hadu muna

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

hagaalo-mea

verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagadubu

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verb pay

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagaheiloo

verb make the acquaintance of

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagaida

verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)

hagalloba ange

verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).

hagalueia

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vomit

hagatugu

verb crouch down

hagavvale

verb spiritpossession

hai gauligi

each child is somewhat different

hai me a gauligi

a childish act

hai saulaba

adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law

hhadu

adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)

hhali lo te laagau

a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

hologumu

adjective (for a fish) to swallow a hook so that it becomes stuck in the throat

honga

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preposition on

huaahenua

community

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

limamalie

good at massaging

loa

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noun ant

luu agu

pronoun my (for dual, alienable noun)

luungagi

verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee

maagila

verb to appear to be barely separated (as islets on the atoll when seen from a distance); parted slightly

mada dangada ina

a person of importance (who is liked by the people)

madeea

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verb recognize

madua

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old (person)

magau de laa

weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)

mahagi

adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

mahuge, huge

open

mahulu

noun wakefulness

makaga lodo

adjective stubborn

malingilingi

adjective spill out little by little

mamu-duagaa

noun fishsp.: stingray

mangeo

verb a large sore (on the body); a blemish (on the skin)

manu de gabadanga

noun the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu laosedi

noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

me hagaahulu

prepared food

menemene

noun male genital organ

muli

adjective debt,owe

ngadi gai

verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

oda

noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed

pungu

adjective plump

saga gee

saga away from; extend out inspace

sigo de muna

remember what one has heard

sileia doo soa

look, your neighbor is competing against you

ssae aalanga

adjective sore in the muscles

sui

change, replace

tai unu

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thirsty

taina daane odogu damana

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noun paternal uncle

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

tua

outside