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aahu

adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish

adiadi

verb relate repeatedly

adugau

verb arrangement of things into a straight row

alahage

adjective wake up (from sleep)

amu

verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.

anaa ai laa

those then were those

balapigi

verb drenched

bau ange

capable of, be the equal of

bela

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noun plot of taro bog; boggy soil

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

boi

adjective abnormal

bouli

adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)

bua leu

noun ovaries and fallopian tubes

bula de ganomada

get mad

daa hagapodo

verb

dabalahi

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adjective thin (fabric, paper, hair)

dagabe

noun fishsp.: snapper

dagodo daudahi

adjective having the same characteristics, be alike

daholaa

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noun December

dalodalo

verb pray

danngaho

noun stomach

dao hagamaadau

noun a spear with a barb

daogili

noun

dau makaga

adjective tightly stretched (not slack)

de mee nei

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this one

demaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for singular noun)

denga meelaa

those ones over there (plural)

dogaa

adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed

eigele

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noun eagle

gaavange

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verb give

gadi

verb bite

gai baalau

verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)

gainga

verb trash, garbage; braided dead coconutfronds used in buttressing the sides of uinga

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gaveaa

verb taken;

gelegele dea

verb sand

goo

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verb bark (dog)

gopai

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noun hat

guduaanga

noun abounding in lice

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hadu

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noun stone, rock

hagaamuli

verb treat as junior

hagabasaa

verb be talked into

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagabuulunga

verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else

hagadali

verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)

hagaduu me

miserly

hagaduuhuli

verb to create duuhuli

hagahala

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noun sleeping mat

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hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrespectful way

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagaoda tugi

noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)

hagapuunia

verb add up (many things)

hagasaele

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verb think

hai ngaohie

adjective easy

hedangisi

adjective to make noise by scraping things together (e.g., the grinding sound of jaws)

hegai

adjective eat ravenously

hhoa de biho

fool (someone)

hhoda

gasp for breath

hine sala daane

noun nymphomaniac

hoa lalo

noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone

hou

verb drill (native bow drill)

hua o tangada

outcome (of individual effort)

kai laanui

adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro

lau makaga

verb stiff

lau ngago

noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal

lauasaasa

verb skinny

llou

verb hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

lodo

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preposition, noun inside

longoduli

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adjective deaf

maatala

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adjective easily unfastened or untied

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

mahola gimoo

adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about

mamu-duagaa

noun fishsp.: stingray

manavanava

adjective breathing

manu-de-bua

noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

massogosogo

verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe

mau goloa

rich in material possessions

me boogia e de eidu

a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

me vae

noun shoes,slippers

moa

noun the blossom of the banana tree

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

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verb carry or bring something from one place to another

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

ngago

egg

noho donu

adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)

noho mua

adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)

nooligi

a small knife

odaau

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

pono

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verb close

salaboi

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noun May

seleia

verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish

senga manu

stupid (like an animal)

siilinga a muna

trial or formal inquiry

tilo buna

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noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)

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uhe

wasteful of taro when peeling it

vaaligi

adjective small (for plural noun)

vaii

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noun water