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abo ange

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good at

alo maliae

noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating

alohi lima

noun palm (of hand)

anu age

to dance below people

bigi

adjective be caught between two or more other things

bingibingi

noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)

bini daubeemala

verb a method of making flower headdresses

boo gi de gai

continually wanting to eat

bugolo

noun coral sp.: faviid coral

bule dango

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button

bupubu

adjective make a lot of noise (not vocal)

daa de hagallogo

perform certain old religious ceremonies or chants

daadaaligidanga

noun the way of being moved about in the air

daaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

daane hebagi

adjective soldier

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dae gi oona

be tops

dagu made

perhaps,maybe

dama hodooligi

noun children of the chief

dana

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pronoun his/her (for singular, alienable noun)

dao bagu

verb dry out (fish or food to preserve it)

datanu

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

deaamonga

noun

deai ange soo laangi

i’ll get you

diba

adjective not level, tipped to one side

dibidibi

noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves

dii de laa

the shining of the sun

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dungu

verb smell (something)

gage saali

verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali

galeve sali

noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve

gaso

roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gini manu

adjective pick flowers

godi

verb to trim

gubulima

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noun wrist

hadu de moana

noun a type of string figure

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagadaahanga

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagaditidi vae dahi

hop on one foot

hagadubu o de adu

the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadugu lalo

adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade

hagahaangoda

verb to teach to fish

hagahana age

recook for several days

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagasebugi

verb make a total of one billion

hai maa

adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse

hai me dagi

work slowly

hai mogomogo

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adjective muscular

hai naa hanu me

something will happen...

haonga i ode

noun urethra

haunga

noun manner of wearing a flower garland

hege

noun the name of a name-group

hihi mada

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eyebrow

hoda

verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

huda

noun a verse of an old chant

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

huli

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verb (transitive and intransitive) turn (something in a direction)

ingoo

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noun name

isi

verb to peel off in long thin strips

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

kii age

move upward; reach a certain age

laso

the posterior portion of the hermit crab

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

lleu luu mada

swelling of the eyes (after crying)

llibo ange luu vae

run

lodo

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preposition, noun inside

luu oogu

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pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

ma hee

where else

madaagi

verb the scout in belubelu fishing

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

magau i togaa

die of shame

maholahola danuaa age

revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)

maingaa

adjective miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value

malo gahu

noun collared shirt

malo gahu de boo

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sheet, blanket

mamu

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noun fish

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

matili mai

remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers

moana dabeo

verb rough seas

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

mogobuna

noun grandchild,descendant of

ngadau

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noun year

ngavesi

box, coffin, crate

nguua

verb be nguu

nnadu

verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)

nngao dalinga

hurting in the ears from noise

noho mua

adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)

nuinui

noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

saavale

noun spit, saliva

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sao de lahalaha

adjective more wide than long

se biho

clever (scheme or trick)

se hia

just how many

se me pilo aha

don’t bother

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

vasega

apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)

vogi

to shame someone by teasing or insulting them