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aahee loo

when (distant future)

aalohi

noun the portion of the atoll lagoon just lagoonward of the fringing reef

abulu

adjective sink (until submerged)

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

alaa muhuu

how about those there

anei dagodo

these are the circumstances...

ava

noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)

babaiangi

verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)

bagu

noun scab, crust

balapigi

verb drenched

baledilo

verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear

bangoa

adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

bouli

adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

dagu

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pronoun my (for singular, alienable noun)

dau ama

noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom

dau honu

noun the season during which tides are highest

dau masa

noun the season during which tides are lowest

dauaadea

verb clear (with nothing in the way); unobstructed; cleared (of obstructions)

deganoe

noun a part of the female genitalia

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

duu gili somo

the coconut meat remaining in a germinated coconut after the coconut apple has been removed

duumaa

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

gaadinga osi

a coconut selected as a seedling

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gai ngole

verb wasteful,improvident

gaiaa dau bodu

commit adultery

gamedi

noun

gauligi

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adjective young

gelegele uli

verb black soil

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

gide sala

adjective misidentify

gili langi

verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)

ginadoa

verb a boil on the body that is hard and painful, and which will not come to a head

go

hano

goe

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pronoun you (singular, object)

gulu koi

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

guuduma

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

haalo

verb extend one’s hand, reach out; to expect things from others, and accept too readily

hadi bodo

noun breaking of waves at short intervals

hagabulumau

adjective watch your step climbing

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadili

verb produce offspring

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagadubuna

verb treat as dubuna

hagaduu me

miserly

hagaheohi

verb to correct (someone or something)

hagahoohanga

verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

hagapago iho

adjective to descend suddenly

hagaseenga

noun way of just being able to

hainamanilaluoo

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

hale gaainga

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noun hotel

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

haunga

noun manner of wearing a flower garland

heboohagi lima

adjective fistfight

henua

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noun island, land

hooholo

verb

hua daahili

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verb sing a song

hua gulu

noun breadfruit (singular)

huaahenua

noun community

ide boo

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at night

ivi sulu

noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)

kalo

adjective sharp (as a knife); a sharp pointed canoe (designed to ride easily in rough seas)

kana mai

watch your step around me

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

lau-gadaha

noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)

lodo mao lunga

characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit

lou de gaugau dalinga

pull the trigger (of a gun)

maava

adjective yawn,belch

mada gapua

noun lagoonward part of a gapua

magi dee manava

asthma

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

me tao

dye

moe danuaa

adjective die in peace

moele

a lie

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

mule

adjective slow; late

mulegi

verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

o

saga gi daha

saga away from; extend out in space

sahudu

sea bass

sali dodo

bleed

salu mai

make smaller by planing or scraping

se aha goe

you’re a nobody

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

taina daane madua

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noun elder brother

vaga

noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship

valagei

whip black coral

vasu

like

vele

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verb to weed (a garden); to clear bush (overgrowth); to pluck (feathers)