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aahu

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

aha goi

what next

alaa ai loo

those there then are

anumia

verb bobbing in the water

baalasi

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verb press

bagekege

verb move jerkily (as when stumbling)

bangi

noun a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit

basa

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verb speak

baua

verb figure out, determine

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

boo ga dae laa

my goodness

budu

noun the appearance of many fish (or birds, or animals which are good to eat) after a death

daa iho

adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)

daala

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noun dollar bill

daane mada duulanga

noun a person able to do things others cannot

dagodo lalo

adjective seriously ill and not improving

dala-moana

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

damadaa

verb to have started it; to have begun it

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

dango de langi

downpour (of rain)

daudonu

adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken

daula gage

noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree

daula luu hadu

noun testicle cords

de huu de henua

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

deai ma gi dahi

none at all as you should very well know

debeaha

okay; so-so

dee galemu

never mind, don’t bother

dee hilihili

indifferent

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

dogaa ange

feel shy in the presence of

dola

adjective erection (of penis)

dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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duu

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verb stand

duula

noun the direction from which the wind blows

duumaa

unclassified remainder (less than the preceding number); about, approximately

gai me

adjective eat food

gaigai a usu

flatus

gau dahi

adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gide

verb see

giigii saele

giggle

goloa o taane

male genitalia

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

guuduma

noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)

haa manu

noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)

haa-dolo

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish

hadu mada

noun eyeball

hagabigo de ngago

fool (someone), deceive

hagadaguu

noun a small axe, hatchet

hagadangadanga

verb loosen

hagahonu

verb fill up; to fully realize one’s potential (for happiness, etc.)

hagalaangaa

verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)

hagamabu

verb rest, relax, quit (a job)

hagamadua

verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)

hagaoomea

verb to wait until oomea

hagausenga

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noun cloud

hai dama

adjective pregnant

hale hongagelegele

noun outhouse

haonga

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noun hole

hegai

verb eat ravenously

henua mounga

noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)

hinangalosaa

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adjective sad

hohonga

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noun nest

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)

laagau aalo saelenga

noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house

laangi

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noun day

lima sisi

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noun little finger

lodo danuaa

adjective contented,happy

lodo mmahi

adjective persistent,patient,persevering

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

maanegabo

adjective energetic

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

magau loo au

now i’m really in trouble

magi i de makama

menstruation

magi i de malama

menstruation

mahana

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adjective hot, warm

manava i lunga

manu aabi

noun kite

manu somo

noun tree, plant

mao denga ssave

a scarcity of ssave

masagage

adjective good at fighting

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

me mmala

noun bile

mmae tinae

adjective convulsed with laughter

moemoe

adjective becoming more moe2

molimoli ngaadai

adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition

molo

verb to make a knot of hair

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

muli mai ange

a little later, by and by

ngaue mai

to reduce (in price, etc.)

nngao dalinga

hurting in the ears from noise

se aha

what is it

sii valavala

spray

ssogo

grated raw taro which has dried out

ssui

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adjective wet

tinae

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belly

umada

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noun rainbow

vai huaamee

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noun coconut water from a young green coconut