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aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

ahee oo dagodo

how are you

baa donu

adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)

baasua

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noun clam

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

boose

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noun boat

buliaamu

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adjective sad

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

daala

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noun dollar bill

daane hebagi

adjective soldier

dabanimeeli

adjective payment for medical treatment

daelodo dee odi ange

oddnumber

dagimomo

adjective few for each one

dala

noun appendage, fin, spine

dangada madua

adjective old person,adult

daohi ange dahi hai

argue against

datanu

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

dau ama

noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom

dau soa

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boyfriend, girlfriend, unmarried couple

daumaha daahili

noun song service (in church)

denaa ai laa

that was it

dinana donu

noun natural mother

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

dolo

noun plantsp.: sugarcane

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

duulua

noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)

duunga gima

half of a clam shell

gaa de malala

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gai valaai

adjective take medicine

gannui

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noun meat inside a young green coconut

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

gede hangaabo

noun a type of basket

gili somo

noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)

gubu dao

noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood

gulunieli

noun plantsp.

haele sala

spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaahe mai

adjective return to the fold

hagabaguu ange

move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one

hagabuni

verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations

hagadagado

hagadagado

to draft (a carving)

hagadanu

verb sink below the horizon, burrow into the sand

hagadogo number

verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagamau

verb to strive to become acquainted with

hagamogomogo

verb cause to be muscular

hagasoe ange

aim at

hagausenga

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noun cloud

hai gauligi

each child is somewhat different

hai hegau ai

verb borrow

hakki

noun esophagua; trachea

hale denga manu

noun hive (house for animals)

heohi

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adjective correct; right

hesuihagi

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verb exchange, trade

hilo hagamaadau

verb to braid sennit with the right hand;

hina

noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness

hua daahili

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verb sing a song

i hee ai goe

you lose

ilihia ssave

the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

laangai huli de moana

a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

lau me

noun adjacent (of taro plots only)

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

llea

adjective say loudly

lodo mmahi

adjective persistent,patient,persevering

longolongo i leaala

rumor

lui

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verb turn (something in a direction); change course. For long objects

maadau gina

noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)

maaloolo

adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)

mada nia

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finger

madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

madalua maa lua

number twenty two

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

malala

noun ashes

mau me

adjective successful in obtaining what one wants(things)

me gu modu

decision

ngaio

noun fishsp.: needlefish

ngavesi

box, coffin, crate

niho

teeth

noho muli

adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)

nohoanga hodooligi

noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

onge

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famine

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

saa

noun a share of food (esp. for children)

saalua

verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched

samouli

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the spirit of a human being after his death

sausaubaligi

verb always saubaligi

soe daa dahi

straight as can be

sogoisi

adjective

ssae de manava

struggle to breathe

tainaahine madua

noun elder sister

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels

vela

burned

veli

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noun sea urchin

vogi

to shame someone by teasing or insulting them