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aigimea

noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)

alaa naa loo

those there seem to be

alohanga

noun a streak of smooth water in the sea

baalasa

verb ballast for an outrigger

baalasi mai (adu)

shine a flashlight toward me (you)

bakau dahi de manu

not to go fishing when other groups are going

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

balapigi

verb drenched

bale

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verb help

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

bungubungu

adjective plump

daadaa

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noun sweat

daalonga

noun a wound on the body

daamada

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verb begin

daane gasia

noun a person who is useful to others

daelodo dee odi ange

oddnumber

dagilanea

adjective each having a lot

dagu

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noun axe

dai hieunu

adjective thirsty

danuaa

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hi, hello

dau gai

noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

denei au

it is i

denga daanunga

noun graves

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

doa agalala

noun very big giant

dolodolona

verb often flooded

dolu-inoha

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

duu taua

adjective outbreak of war

gaba-moe

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

galeva

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gelegele

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noun sand

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

gii

adjective a high-pitched sound, soft, high-pitched crying (as by children)

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

hagabaangoa

verb causing prostration

hagadaahili

verb make someone sing

hagadaga age

improving

hagaduu eidu

superstitious; to believe in ghosts.

hagahi

verb call (someone) once

hagasebaga

verb make a total of ten billion

hai de biho

verb act smart (deviously)

hai gai

adjective prepared food; cook food

hai me mulegi

to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)

hai ngadaa

adjective difficult

hala a buadaia

noun a log used as a lever or fulcrum

hale hadu

noun a house of brick or cement construction

hia

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how many

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noun fruit

hulo gee

go away

iloo

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verb know

ivi o de biho

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noun skull

kangi de maanadu

a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)

labua

verb knead thoroughly

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

laumanu

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noun leaf

lengisi

noun insectsp.: moth spp.

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

lugu me

adjective having a tendency to take by force

maagaga

adjective industrious

maaidigi

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noun August

maalie loo

much later

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

maaniha

adjective strongly desirous of

mada gide

adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things

madaa duge

noun the tip of a duge

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

magi dehenua

verb have fever

malali

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adjective smooth

malena

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adjective stretched

malo aahine

noun dress

mangoo-senga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

maoli

noun a suspicion which proves to be true

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

me aha ai

what for

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngadi daumaha

adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults

ngadi hai bodu

common-law marriage, concubinage

ngadi hanonga

a useless journey

ngalogu

adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)

ngauda

adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

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noun eye of the taro corm

pala de langi

it’s raining

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sai

noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)

salu

verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)

sao de leo

clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice

saulaba

noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

soe

adjective straight, not crooked; level

soe iho

adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god

togo lua

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second

uadanga

an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship

veli

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noun sea urchin