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abo ange

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good at

adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

alaa laa

those (there) which were there

anei ai loo

these then are

baalasi

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verb press

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

biigi laanui

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noun boar

boo gi dai

the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset

daaligidia

verb to have been moved about by the wind

daamada

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verb begin

dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

daea

adjective to have arrived at

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dalaa

noun (small) piece of, part of

dama namu

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noun mosquito larva

dangada baoa

noun dead person buried at sea who washesback up on shore

dangage

verb raise one’s head up or back

datanu

noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)

dau malino

verb an area of the sea which is dead calm

dau manu

verb flock of birds (feeding on a school of fish)

dau me

verb the sheath of the flower of the coconut tree

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

de huu de henua

noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island

deua

noun back (body part)

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

dolu llau

number three hundred

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

donu

adjective understand; truth, right, correct

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dubuna daane

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noun grandfathers

duu lua

verb to have the strength or capacity of two persons; to take on two persons in a fight

duu mugamuga

noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock

duulanga

noun the place of, the track of (something)

ga haidama

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adjective pregnant

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

gelegele

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adjective dirty

gili dalo

hillock

gili malali

adjective clean ; neat

gili somo

noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)

gubu dae

noun intestines which appear to havesegmentation

gudu dangada

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noun head louse, lice

haa lodo

verb the inner coconut palm frond

haaede

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verb measure

haaligi

verb wrap from under, wrap around; to wrap something (e.g., a present)

haangoda mada aasanga

to fish for labelabe

haanialo

verb a bracing cross-beam <>

hagaava age

be relieved for a short time

hagaduu gaiaa

adjective suspicious by nature

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagamanavasaa

risky, dangerous

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagasaa

adjective quarrel (like children)

hahine

woman

hai moni

adjective sailor

hakii gee

<= kii gee>

hebaa

adjective be close

henuu

verb a method of plaiting

hoea

verb covered with sunburn blisters

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

iainei donu

right now

kii age

move upward; reach a certain age

llama

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noun dried coconut leaves used to catch flying fish

llau daala buni

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noun hundred dollar bill

lolo

oil

madaangahulu maa lima

number fifteen

madannia

noun finger

magi o de henua

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mai moni

noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

malianoono

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

malillili

adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manu

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noun March

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

manu somo

noun tree, plant

massogosogo

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

mataodao

noun fishsp.: cornetfish

momme aadea

noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)

muli

adjective debt,owe

ngadi gai

verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)

saba

verb be in a precarious position

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sai moni

a fleet of canoes

sai moni

noun a fleet of canoes

see

adjective cry aloud

Seedaa

October

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

soosoa

noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)

ssii

a hissing sound used to indicate disapproval

sugulu

noun school

tao o de me holu

noun arrow

uadanga

an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship

ubu

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noun hard brown coconut shell

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vaagia

found or caught doing something wrong

vai geli

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well

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