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aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

adu hale

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noun village (group of houses)

adumua

verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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alualumia

verb sendaway

au hebaledage

noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)

au madua

verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect

baagea

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adjective weak

bangi dua beau

a certain way of pinching with the fingers

biigi haahine

noun sow

bili

adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

boo ga dae laa

my goodness

bulu giidagi

noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap

daane

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noun, adjective man; male

daane dau

noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dae

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noun guts, intestines, buttocks

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

danuaa

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hi, hello

datada

verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain

datanu

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

daula de gona

noun a cord between the naval and the genitals

dee mahana tae

stay for only a short time

denaa donu

that is it for sure

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

duu midomido

adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)

duu nui

adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope

ea

adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming

gabetili

noun parent-in-law

gabidia

verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

ganae-oo

noun fishsp.: threadfin

gieuli

noun lizardsp.

gili iga

noun a type of high cloud

gubu lima

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noun fist

haangoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hadu solo bulaga

a taro grater made from a certain type of coral

haele sala

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

hagaaligi

verb install as a priest (of a cult)

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagabulumau

adjective watch your step climbing

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadau bale

verb cooperate; help one another

hagaditidi de hadu

to skip a stone across the water

hagadogaa dangada

adjective embarrass people by one’s actions

hagaduu ssaalanga

adjective search intently for

hagahana age

recook for several days

hagahedae

verb make equal; go to meet

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagammau de ngudu

argumentative in a disrespectful way

hagasoa

verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber

hagasolo age

keep postponing or delaying

hai me gaiaa

to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakino gee

filthy,disgusting

helii

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noun grass

hhango

verb wakeup (someone)

hhuge age malo

lift up one’s skirts (to expose one’s genitals)

hidu-limu

time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

hiihidi

verb

honu tolo

noun a turtle of the largest size

hoohoo ina

to frighten with sounds

ili luu bongaa usu

to dilate one’s nostrils

ivi sulu

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

kii ange

verb increase

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

llanea

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

llau daala buni

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noun hundred dollar bill

lolo

noun oil

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

madagu

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adjective frightened, scared

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

mavaevae

adjective scattered

meabo

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adjective true

mmene

adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)

moni

noun canoe

mulegi

show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

nao baasua

verb to collect baasua

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngadi uaa

adjective assent to insincerely

ngaue age

increase (in rank or price, etc.)

ngisi

verb a squeaking sound

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

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verb freed, be

ono-laangi

time noun saturday (’sixth day’)

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sali ssavale

salivate

sau makaga

adjective blow steadily (of wind)

sisi

verb write

sou

a gust of wind

sou

verb a gust of wind

ssae de hine

to deflower a girl

tainadaane madua

noun elder brother

veelenga

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noun garden