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abi

noun fish sp.: tang

abongi

adjective capsize

ada

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noun picture; movie

alaala

noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)

alahage

adjective wake up (from sleep)

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

aoa

verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak

biho ngaalulu

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headache

biliisi

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noun bridge

boogia mai

be caught doing something wrong

buliaamou

adjective long for, homesick

bungubungu

adjective plump

buu useahi

verb blurred

dabalahi

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adjective thin (fabric, paper, hair)

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dala

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dama ssege

noun a foetus which has been aborted

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

dangada ulu

noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well

dangaloa

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earthworm

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

de umu

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noun the cooking house

dee modu

adjective continually

delaa naa ()

that there will be it (will that be it)

dinae

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noun stomach

dogi daadaa

noun adze with a small blade for light chipping

dugu de laa

lower sail

duu saba

unstable, poorly balanced

duugia i de gai

be tired of eating a particular kind of food

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

duulale

noun a type of game

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

ea gi lunga

to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)

ege ange

move (something) over

elegia

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noun bird species

gabe

gouge out

ganava

noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)

gauanga

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noun thigh

gaunga

noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire

gili

skin

gimoo

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noun mouse

gio

noun mollusksp.: charonia spp.

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

haahadi

verb

haangoda mada aasanga

to fish for labelabe

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

hadu golaa

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noun sharpening tool

hagabaasi

verb do toward one side

hagadau doa

adjective to show one’s strength by doing something difficult

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagalueia

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vomit

hagamalemolemo

verb

hagammau

adjective poisonous

hagaobe

verb cause to have obe

hagausinga

noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hai madangi

verb to fart

hai moni

adjective sailor

hano kaba

adjective go immediately

hano saele

adjective wander around

hebagi

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verb fight

hhadu

adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)

hhao

verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)

honu tolo

noun a turtle of the largest size

hoosenga ange

embarrassed by

kii

verb move away

kii mai

decreasing

kino ai

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verb hate intensely

laangi hagamouli

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noun Saturday

laangidabu

time noun sunday

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

llao

verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole

lo taane

adjective daring, brave, manly

lode

inside

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

luungagi

verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

madalua maa lua

number twenty two

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

magi nngali

verb any sickness leading to emaciation (e.g., t.b.); a wasting illness (terminal)

mahidi

adjective separated from and curled up from

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masavaa alodahi

noun always

pii

adjective splashed,sprinkled

saba

verb capable (of a person)

se gainga

adjective abundant

seeda

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noun October

sigo

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verb catch

sina

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noun white (or grey) hair (appearing in old age)

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

soe daa dahi

straight as can be

ssongo

stink

tama hagai

poor fellow!

taumee

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noun bud of the coconut palm

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tinana

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noun mother (formal)

tinana o dogu bodu

noun mother-in-law

togo dahi

first