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adu henua

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noun group of islands or atolls, archipelago

ahe age

start again, reoccur

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

alaa ai loo

those there then are

alaa naa

those only

alamoi

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noun June

anaa sili

those were enough

au

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pronoun I, me

bae

verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)

boo seniseni

noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)

bua maimuni

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noun plant sp; type of bua

buadalia

verb cast with a sling

bugubugunga

noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

daa

verb to make a sharp turn ; a back-handed slap or jerking of anything which moves (e.g., a hand, foot, tail, tongue, etc.); to tattoo; hit, strike, beat; to kill; to wash clothes; scoop up (liquids or solids); to bail (a canoe)

daabasi

verb angling for tuna

daahili

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noun song

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dahola

verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)

dai beau

verb rough seas at a certain time

dangada hai valaai

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noun shaman; someone who does traditional medicine

daohi ange dahi hai

argue against

daua

verb war,battle

de gai i mua

favorite food

deainga

noun nothingness

dena

that

denei ange

this is another one

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

dogoduli

adjective crouch on all fours

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

dolona

verb flooded, washedout

doolohi

verb chase,run after

dugu

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verb put

dungu

verb smell (something)

duu de umada

noun a rainbow appearing in the sky

gaiaa

verb steal, dishonest, cheat; to ask or accept too readily

ganabu

noun the base of a coconut tree trunk

gau bini

noun a tool used in braiding rope

gave hua loa

godi

verb to trim

goobai lau

noun a hat made from pandanus leaves

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

haa laangi

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noun Thursday

hadu-maadau

noun coralsp.

hadumuna

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagaava age

be relieved for a short time

hagabasalia

verb convince someone completely

hagabiigia

verb to make sticky

hagabulumau

adjective watch your step climbing

hagamade

verb do as hard as fast as possible

hagassogalia

verb

hai madangi

adjective passwind (flatus)

hano de leebunga

run (of a color); fade (of a color)

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

hhanga

verb split open, open up, or separate, all at once

hoe

noun a canoepaddle

hudaa moni

noun a fleet of canoes

ili taalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength

kailu

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noun toad, frog

kano maalama

noun a phosphorescent flash in the water

kava

adjective to feel uncomfortably warm

kii ange

increase

lanea

adjective much,plenty

langa de moana

becoming stormy (of the sea)

lele

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verb fly

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lluhe

noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

maadau gina

noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)

maahaa

adjective daybreak

madaa gamu

noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

maege

verb raised up

mage

mai ange laa

the next (one) following the one in question

malibilibi

adjective crack (of a whip)

manava duuia

adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)

mavaevae

adjective scattered

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

momme aadea

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

moolau lodo

noun having a shorttemper

mouli age

regain consciousness, rise from thedead

muli mai ange

a little later, by and by

naba

adjective a slip of the tongue

ngae

noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.

ngavali

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adjective bent slightly (not sharply)

odi iho

adjective just finished

oga

verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick

olo

noun beach

saelea

verb walked upon

saelesaele

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

salu mai

make smaller by planing or scraping

savali

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adjective be hungry

seeha deenei?

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what is this?

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

siga de mamu

an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)

singano

verb the flower of the pandanus tree

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tangada sisi

secretary