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alelo

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tongue

baabaa

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flat

baalasi mai (adu)

shine a flashlight toward me (you)

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

badabaatai

adjective

badotodi

verb move jerkily

bau ange

capable of, be the equal of

boaanga

noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)

boo seniseni

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

bua maliaa

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noun plant species with white, five-petaled flowers

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buu

noun bladder, balloon, ball; the head of the octopus; a net on a long handle; a conch shell trumpet; or any other round, hollow, inflatable object

daaligi

verb do something seriously; be moved about; a jerky movement, caused by the wind (e.g., the flapping of a sail); work seriously

dabula

noun lizardsp.

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dalanga a kai

a story which is not true

dangaloa

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earthworm

dao

noun a spear, branch of (part of)

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

daula de gona

noun a cord between the naval and the genitals

daumaha de manu

noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears

de ahi

noun the fire

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

doli de henua

to defeat all comers

dongi de lae

a spot on the forehead

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

doo gaiaa

ambush; attack by surprise or stealth

duu inai

type of mat (a half inai)

duu taua

outbreak of war

gaimee taiao

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verb have breakfast

ganimago

noun mollusksp.: malea pomum

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

geu de madangi

a change of wind direction

gooluu

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pronoun you (dual)

hagaavaava

verb provide or receive support continually

hagaduulanga

noun method of construction; appearance (e.g., of a ship, house, or other construction)

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagausenga

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noun cloud

hai de hagamaanadu

remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)

hainoo

verb permitted,open to the public,secular

hanu mee

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

hatinga

noun crook of the knee or elbow

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hausanga

noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole

hhano gi daha

to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well

hilohilo me

adjective impure

honua

verb filled with

hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

kaba donu

wait!

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

laohie

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noun drought; dry weather

lehu

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noun lime

levango

adjective fight

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

llibo

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adjective, verb drunk, get drunk (pl.)

lluu

adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)

lo taane

adjective daring, brave, manly

lodo mao lalo

characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit

luu odaadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

mada dangada ina

a person of importance (who is liked by the people)

mada hoou

adjective brand new

mada-umanga

noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm

madaangahulu-malama

time noun october (’tenth month’)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madalua maa lua

number twenty two

madalua maa valu

number twenty eight

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

mahana

adjective hot

mahana

adjective hot (weather)

mahi loa

adjective tireless

mahuge

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verb open (intransitive, sing.)

Example: De abaaba gu mahuge. (The door is open.)

makaga

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adjective hard

malui

adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed

mami

verb taste (of something)

masole

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adjective abraded (skin), scratched

mateedea

verb pustular

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

ngadi dangada

noun an ordinary person, commoner; a person of slight social value

ngadi gavadu

adjective a gift (to the hearer); a present (to the hearer)

ngadi ngavesi

noun an empty box

ngadoa

verb to have ngado

nnoo

adjective covetous,envious

noho senga (adu)

adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

oou

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yes

sali dodo

adjective bleed

savale

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saliva

siga

verb to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool ; to escape (of fish) from a net (through its holes); sew up a hole (in clothing)

sseni

verb sleep (pl.)

Example: Gilaadeu nogo sseni anaboo. (They slept all night.)

ssuugulu

noun school

tabagau

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noun mat woven from coconut palm

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

togo lua

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second

Unu

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the name of a star; the name of a folk tale character

uuvae

feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush

vogi

to shame someone by teasing or insulting them