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ao age

daybreak (become daylight)

au hebaledage

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

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

baulia

verb figure out, determine

bigo

adjective bent; bedridden with illness

biigii

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noun pig

daa age

go toward land (from the lagoon)

daelodo dau

noun a large enough number to "count"

dagodo mai

appear from yonder

dagu

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noun axe

dahuli de lodo

change of heart, change one’s mind, repent

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dao beau

noun the wave following the highest one

dau ange

depend upon (e.g., for sustenance)

delaa ai

therefore (with respect to that there)

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

dilobuna

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growing coconut sapling

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dodo

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blood

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

doolonga

noun a track left by a crawling thing

duu midomido

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

duu-mmea

noun seacucumber sp.

duulale

noun a type of game

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows

gada gimoo

adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

galo ahi

sparks

gasia

verb worthwhile,important,valuable

gili dalo

hillock

gimoo

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noun mouse

golo

verb remember an incident with a view toward revenge

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

haangai

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verb feed

haga mahana

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verb heat

hagadali

verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)

hagaduumaa

verb add a portion

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagahodooligi

verb to install as chief

hagahulu

verb make a total of ten

hagalaangaa

verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalligi

verb make very small

hagamaamaalama

verb shine on continuously

hagaono (ina)

verb make a total of six

hagasegedia

verb let slip or slide

hagassui age

eat or drink just a little bit

hai saulaba

adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law

haiava

noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner

hakoloa

verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hale o de henua

community meeting house

hano gi de maalama

transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form

haunga

noun manner of wearing a flower garland

helau

noun sorcery

hhoda

gasp for breath

huaahenua

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community

ilosia

verb wormy or maggoty (of something decayed)

ino gi mua

bend (one’s body) forward

laa ange

and those there

laagau

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noun wood

laanui

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adjective big

langi

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noun rain, heaven, sky

loange

adjective go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)

lodo kabi

verb filled to capacity

loeaa

a type of game

loloa

adjective tall; long

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

mada-givi

noun fishsp.

madaa sele

noun loop of a lasso or noose

madamada o dangada

noun in public

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

magi o de henua

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flu

mahaa de usu

to have encountered unexpected misfortune

malibi

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fast

manu laosedi

noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates

maoha

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verb break (intransitive)

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

me boogia e de eidu

a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping

meemaagau

noun non-living thing

miili

adjective a type of game

mmade ange aalanga

adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged

mmidi

verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)

moele

noun a lie (an untruth)

muia

verb be mui

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

muli moni

noun stern

musu

verb whispering

ngadi hanonga

noun a useless journey

ngaiho

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noun north

ngalo

verb forget

ngalogu

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

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

noho hhanga

adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

samouli

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the spirit of a human being after his death

tangada madua

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noun old person

taula (o de me holu)

noun bowstring (string of the bow)

taumee

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noun bud of the coconut palm

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unga

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noun hermit crab

vaiduu

lazy