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aagonga i lunga

noun social class of chiefs and priests

aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

baieu

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.

bidoa

verb lift or hold one end of something

boa

noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition

boolaa ange

say boolaa to

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daga

verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap

dala

verb unfasten,undo,untie

dalogo

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noun coconut ice cream made entirely from a young coconut

damana

noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship

dauaalo

verb steady paddling

dauoni-baabaa

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

de gai i mua

favorite food

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

dee savala

uninterested in; not enjoy

deeai

adjective

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

delaa nei ()

that there is it (is that there it)

dii de laa

the shining of the sun

doolohi

verb chase,run after

dotodi

adjective limping (as an action)

duasivi

noun the back of the spine

duu de --

adjective having plenty of

duu podo

adjective do something at short intervals; often,frequently

duu uli

noun sea cucumber species

duudane

noun buttock

gaa lava

and then

gai hilihili

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

galavagu

noun spongesp.

galemu

unclassified

gau hadu

noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

goinga

noun a boundary marker (of stone)

goloa duu biho

barber’s tools

goo

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verb bark (dog)

hada

noun shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse

hadu lalo

noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)

hadu-uli

noun coralsp.: bluecoral

haele sala

adjective spoil (children), bringup (children) badly

hagabela

verb provide bela for

hagabidoa

verb be the last

hagadiba

verb incline to one side

hagadotodi

verb walk with a limp (temporarily)

hagadubu

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verb pay

hagaeidu

verb treat as an eidu

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagammae lodo

verb insult (someone)

hagasaagule

verb teach how to saagule

hagasaaloa

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagasahu

verb to catch water (in something)

hagasoa

verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hahine

noun woman

hai dauaa

verb be in a wrinkled condition

hai donu

adjective do properly by accident; do on purpose

hai maalisa

having an overhanging reef shelf

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship)

ilaage mai

free from

ise-ngaio

noun fishsp.: needlefish

kaba

adjective do prematurely

kano maailaba

noun the wood next to the core of a tree

laagei

noun

lalo

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preposition under

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lodo bale

noun helpful (sort of person)

lodo senga

adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)

lolomango

noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)

longohio

verb feel

luu ono

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pronoun his/her (for dual, inalienable noun)

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

madalua maa lima seene

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noun quarter

madangi

noun storm

magau de laa

weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)

magi kino

adjective loss of appetite

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

manavasaa

adjective worried, apprehensive,fearful

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manu-gili-maau

noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)

maseu

adjective to scatter (when in a group)

massala

clear-headed

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

mou

noun agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;

ngavesi haangoda

noun fishing tacklebox

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ngudu gaiaa

charlatan

ono-laangi

time noun saturday (’sixth day’)

puugunga

noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

se agoo

adept at

se aha au naa

you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

ssahu

adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)

tamana odogu bodu

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noun father-in-law

taula (o de me holu)

noun bowstring (string of the bow)