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abulu

adjective sink (until submerged)

agoago

verb learning, teaching

ahe iho

diminish (in intensity)

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

aoa

verb misshapen fruit

baa

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noun father (informal)

babaiangi

verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

boo

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noun night

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

daagoli pelaaini

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noun fried taro and banana biscuit

daelodo

noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu

dagua-bodo

noun fishsp.: tuna sp.

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

dalaa ubu

noun charcoal from the coconut shell

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dao malui

noun a spear with a hinged barb

dau gadea

noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

de gai i mua

favorite food

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

delaa nei ()

that there is it (is that there it)

denei sili

this is enough

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dii ange

a method of fishing in which the lure at the end of the pole is jerked to attract fish

dili dangada

adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)

dino boo

noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset

dolo

noun sugarcane

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

dongi ange

appoint

doo ngaiho

adjective the blowing of the wind from the north

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noun grandmothers

dumanu sala

adjective bad situation; poor in appearance

dungu ibo

verb smell (oneself)

duunga gima

noun half of a clam shell

gabetili

parent-in-law

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

gaibea daane

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male crab

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galele

verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)

galubu

noun a type of toy

gau bini

noun a tool used in braiding rope

gauligi daane

noun male child,boy

gavada

noun a type of basket

geelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga

noun valley

goloa labagau

noun carpenter’s tools

gubo

verb work with concentration in the midstof a group

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

haangodalia

verb a suitable (place) for fishing

hagaava ange

lean on someone for support

hagabigo de ngago

fool (someone), deceive

hagabini

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noun cockroach

hagadagado

hagadagado

to draft (a carving)

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagahaa (ina)

verb make a total of four

hagalligi

verb make very small

hagapago sala

unfortunate result

hagaseloo

verb make a total of one million

hagatangohi

verb the fading of light after sunset

hai de hai

adjective stubborn, willful

hai donu

adjective do properly by accident; do on purpose

hao

verb drill through,burrow

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

henua

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noun island, land

hhadi

verb snapped off

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

hhuge age malo

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

hilo saele

adjective spread venereal disease

huaamee

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noun young green coconut

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hui hala

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ripe pandanus

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ieiangi

adjective recovered from illness

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)

laangi

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noun day

laulau hoe

noun the blade of the canoe paddle

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

luu aau

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pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)

luu adaadeu

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

mada duulanga

noun an important position (spatially)

mada gelegele

noun male child

mada gi daha

adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

manu-kono

noun birdsp.

me bouli

noun the deepest part of the lagoon

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

nao

verb to extract by gouging out with a finger

ngalue mai

decrease

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

nuinui

noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

poo

adjective grab or catch in a single act

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

sauduu

noun mermaid

sila

verb look for

sou

a gust of wind

tamadaane

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noun boy

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

usu

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nose

veelenga

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noun garden

veli

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noun sea urchin

vogi

to shame someone by teasing or insulting them