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aabida

verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves

aahee

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when

ahangi

noun lagoon

alaa ai huu

those there only then

baalasi mai (adu)

shine a flashlight toward me (you)

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

baibu

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noun cigarette

bakau doo

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

basa hagamao lalo

speak humbly

basa too gee

speak ungrammatically

bua leu

noun ovaries and fallopian tubes

buugunga

noun conformation of a bugu

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

daemahadia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagaa

verb a leader (for a fishline, made of olonga)

dahi tali

adjective depend on (e.g., to come), rely on

dai bigi

adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

daogubu

noun waist, circumference

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

dee sao age

always fail or be defeated

delaa ai huu

that was it (as before)

delaa nei ()

that there is it (is that there it)

dilia ange

give fish to

doa agalala

noun very big giant

dooa

verb planted

dungu

verb smell (something)

dungu iho

adjective smell oneself

duu gaso

adjective vertical,straight up and down

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duuaa

verb to be in trouble

e hanu ana dama

have children

eidu ai

treat as a totem, worship, treat as asupernatural being

gabinivali

noun a kind of ancient song

gabou

noun fishsp.: scad

gadigadi

verb have itch

ganae oo

threadfin fish

gau mai vaga

noun <= gau mai moni>

gelu-hai-vaelo

noun fishsp.: tang

gide gauligi

verb to see from the perspective of a small child

gili

skin

gimo

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noun rat

goloa lalo

noun gear obtained from foreign lands

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

haadinga haiava

noun bend in a path

hagaanu

verb cause to dance or sway

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagalloba ange

verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).

hagamele

verb

hagammidi

verb suction of a sea current, undertow

hagamouli

verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)

haganaa

verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy

hagasao

verb letout (something), disburse (money)

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hai maalisa

having an overhanging reef shelf

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hanu mee

noun secret friend of the opposite sex

hebaledage

verb a confluence of currents (making the water choppy)

ivi de biho

noun skull

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

kivi

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adjective thin (for people)

kosi

verb to scratch (once)

laangi hagadaahao

noun fieldday

langi

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noun rain, heaven, sky

lengisi

noun insectsp.: moth spp.

llago

adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)

lua-baaua

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

maadau dagi

noun a type of fishhook

mada gelegele

noun male child

mada gide

adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

madaala

adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mami

verb taste (of something)

mao lunga

high, high-ranking

mau goloa

rich in material possessions

me gee

a coconut without any meat

me hai ada

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me pasa

noun radio

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

moele

noun a lie (an untruth)

muli mai ange

a little later, byandby

nanua

verb the object of a complaint

nebua

verb be nebu

nnoo

adjective covetous,envious

noho donu

adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)

salu

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

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

seloo

numeral millions

sili gee

stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height

ssuonioni

sand

tahido o de nui

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noun trunk of coconut tree

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teungaalodo

noun middle (of something round); center

tilo ange

verb nurse; look after

tinana o dogu bodu

noun mother-in-law

tubuna aahine

noun grandmother

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament