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aboo nei

tonight (future)

adu

noun ant

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adu

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noun skipjack tuna

alasala

adjective vicious

alodahi

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adjective all, every

anga-mea

noun fish sp. (= large dada)

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

bei

adjective be like, be the same as

bigo

adjective bent; bedridden with illness

daahili

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noun song

dada me

adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)

dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

dao hagamaadau

noun a spear with a barb

daogubu

noun waist, circumference

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

de vai

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noun pond (a specific pool of water)

dee ngado mai

forever,eternally

dihidihi

noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

dinae o ssaiolo

<= dinae o de laa>

dolu laangi

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noun Wednesday

duu

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verb stand

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duula

noun the direction from which the wind blows

ga aha

and then did what

gaba de aasanga

noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

galohia

verb attractive to members of the opposite sex

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

gauasa

noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

geugeu

verb shake one’s head back and forth;

gili maalama

verb light-skinned

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

gu hia

how many was it

guanga

noun a type of basket

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

gubu dao

noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood

gubu vae

foot, ankle

haangoda de boo

a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)

haga mahana

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verb heat

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagaava

verb make a channel

hagabaubauanga

adjective to have been criticized

hagadabeina

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verb prepared, be

hagadau tugi

adjective punch each other

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagahoohanga

verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalleo

verb to produce many sounds

hagallongo de lau nui

to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves

hagaloongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagauda de hau

put on a hau

hagi ade

adjective insult (someone)

hai mainu

verb collect bait

hai soa

friendship

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

hellumi de henua

mass confusion or panic

henuu

verb a method of plaiting

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verb blow

kii ange

increase

laangi hagadaahao

noun fieldday

labu manu

adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)

lae

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noun forehead

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

laho

noun aerial root of the pandanus tree

langa de moana

becoming stormy (of the sea)

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

lau iho laa

those of small size

leva

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noun river

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

lodolodo

adjective to be desirous continually

longoaa

adjective <= longaa>

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

maanetonu

adjective act cautiously

mada

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front

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madaala

adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit

madaangahulu maa haa

number fourteen

madila

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noun bamboo

mago

adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)

mahuge

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verb open (intransitive)

malino

adjective calm (weather), still (wind)

me hai ada

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me holu

noun bow

mmaolunga

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adjective high

moe danuaa

die in piece

mougu

noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.

musu

verb whisper(ing)

ngahui

noun tens of coconuts

ngalue ange

increase

oho age

the following morning

ono

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number six

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

se me pilo aha

don’t bother

sigi

verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)

sio

waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind

ssuanga

stained in one place

uila

lightning, electricity.