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abo manu

adjective to correct someone without justification

aha laa

I wonder why

alaa nei

those now

alelo

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tongue

alohi vae

noun sole (of foot)

anaa ai laa

those then were those

ange laa

the next but one

baaua

noun fish sp., rabbitfish

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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basa hagamao lalo

speak humbly

basa madua

adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)

boi a eidu

temporarily abnormal

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daa taahili

adjective sing a melody

daalinga

noun an area near the flowering part of the coconut tree (where birds perch)

daatugu

verb to curse (someone)

dae gi oona

be tops

dago

noun ritual activites, religious activities

dagu

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noun axe

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

dangi de musu

hear whispering (of others)

daula duu nui

noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground

deai ma gi dahi

none at all as you should very well know

delaa ai loo

that was it at last

diinei de manu

to kill off plants

dolo

noun sugarcane

doo

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pronoun your (singular; for singular, inalienable noun)

doo tahulinga

bad-mannered

eba

noun a sleeping mat (child’s)

gaadinga gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga

gaalau-ango

noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)

gauanga

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noun thigh

gili laa

verb suntanned

gili malanga

verb a type of skin disease

gona

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noun belly button

gona odi

adjective too much

guanga

noun a type of basket

gubu

noun joint (of the hand or foot); verse (of a song)

gumedi

noun bowl (wooden)

haa

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number four

hadi bodo

noun breaking of waves at short intervals

haga vela

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verb hot, be

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagabaasi

verb do toward one side

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadubu o de moe

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahaigamaiana

verb treat as important

hagamadua

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

hagangadimee

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hai me a leangi

bad-mannered

hai me galasi

to steal after having sort of asked for

hano gi de maalama

transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form

hano laa

previous

hano laa uda

adjective go on foot

heiloo

adjective know each other,understand each other

hhanga dalogo

adjective to make dalogo

honu tai

adjective high tide

huli

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

keli

adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)

laaigi

noun a driftwood plant sp., with an aromaticsap which is used for perfume

laanningi

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noun sleeveless shirt

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lloa

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noun group of long pieces of timber

lodo degi

adjective having a forgiving nature

lodo hinangalosaa

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depression (feeling)

luu aana

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pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

mada libia

verb a very sharp point

madalua maa haa

number twenty four

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

maea

noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)

mahi loa

adjective tireless

mahole

adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)

malua

noun female genital area

manu-de-hala

noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

mao lunga

adjective high,high-ranking

masaova laohie o de ngadau

noun dry season

me mmilo

noun current (in the sea)

me pasa

noun radio

minede

noun minute

muimui

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

muna o tangada

verb speak of the devil

ngaage

downtown.

odi de masavaa

having insufficient time remaining for (something)

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verb break, break up, destroy, damage, ruin

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sasao

adjective escape one after the other

savini gee

run away

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

sigi de hagahala

a technique of finishing a mat edge

sigi manu

adjective to transplant a plant

solo

verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)

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noun salt

ssuanga

stained in one place

sugi

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tail

tabuvae

noun toe

togo lua

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second

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament