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aha dea

noun driftwood sp. (white in the center)

ahe ina

wind around completely once

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

alo-mea

adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)

basa madua

adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)

biliisi

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noun bridge

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daga holiage

verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around

dagihia

how many for each

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dahidonga

noun grandfather

dalaa manu

noun piece of broken glass

dangi de musu

hear whispering (of others)

dao haiava

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noun trail

dau (umu)

noun a cover for an earth oven

delaa ange naa

about that (over there), much more

denaa huu

that is it still

diidii ange

urinate against

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

dua nnui

noun violence; a type of rope

dugu gee

put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others

dutudu

verb play with fire

duu taua

outbreak of war

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

gaalau-ango

noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)

gahao

noun plantsp.: treesp.: ochrosiatree(ochrosia oppositifolia (lam.) k. sch.)

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

galo saele

adjective look around (moving one’s body about)

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

ganabu

noun the base of a coconut tree trunk

gatae

noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)

gau bini baalanga

an iron rod

gimoo lele

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noun bat

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

gulu koi

noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)

haa daha

noun the outer coconut palm frond

haahaa

verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hagaala

verb make mat sections

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagadaahili

verb make someone sing

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagadau bale

verb cooperate; help one another

hagadiingia saele

adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays

hagaduu eidu

adjective superstitious; to believe in ghosts

hagahulu

verb make a total of ten

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagallongo de lau nui

to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hai baasi

adjective take sides against, oppose

hai modo

verb eat (or pick) when still unripe

hai mogobuna

adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild

hallaba

noun the base of a palm frond spine; rifle

helii-baalanga

noun plantsp.: grasssp.

hesilihagi gee

to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance

hhanga lua

verb split in two

hua ai

be inchargeof

huaabodu

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noun family

i mua nei

beforehand

igauli

noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)

kailu

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noun toad, frog

kano

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noun penis

laa

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noun sun

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lava hadu

noun leader (between fishing line and hook)

llama

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noun dried coconut leaves used to catch flying fish

llibo ange luu vae

run

longaa

adjective annoyed by noise

maadau dae ssae

noun a type of fishhook

maanga booi

noun a fingerful of booi

madaanga hulu maa lima

number fifteen

mahana age

heartburn <>

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

maleva

adjective present1 (not absent)

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

me ssongo aha

useless thing

midi

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noun dream

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

ngadi gai

verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

noho muli

adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)

oaa

adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

odi sango

adjective completely cleaned up or finished; all gone; each and every oneall gone

sangatai

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

senga

adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

sinaa

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verb having white hair

sula

verb arrive

tangada gaiaa

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noun thief

Unu

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the name of a star; the name of a folk tale character

vainui

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noun coconut water from a mature brown coconut

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear