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aahee ange

what else

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

adu

noun conglomerate, islet

agu

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pronoun my (for plural, alienable noun)

aha

verb what

anaa sili

those were enough

anei huu

these (here) only are the ones

baagea

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adjective weak

bae

verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)

bagekege

verb move jerkily (as when stumbling)

baunga

noun worth, value

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bini

verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope

daa donu taahili

sing on-key

daa hatau

verb beat unmercifully

daalea

adjective tired

daane dau

noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dagaa de maadau

to tie a leader to a fish hook

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dai

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noun lagoon, sea, salt

daiao

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tomorrow

damaa hungi

adjective skillful at hungi

dangi a beini

to have smelled ripe pandanus

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

danngaho

noun stomach

dao

noun a spear, branch of (part of)

dee gide

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blind

denaa ai laa

that was it

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

dili dangada

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

doo ngaiho

adjective the blowing of the wind from the north

duilaa gee

to be exceedingly unsuccessful with members of the opposite sex

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

gaanunu

noun breast

gamedi vai salo

a type of bowl

gauvae

noun jaw; a set of false teeth

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

gi

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gio

noun mollusksp.: charonia spp.

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

gubulima

noun wrist

haangoda dua agau

noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

hagadaahili

verb make someone sing

hagadania

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagadoa

verb act like a giant

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagaingoo

verb give a name to, named, called

hagaloa

verb groove; a path (lengthwise) in the taro bog

hagamade

verb do as hard or fast as possible

hagasengaa

verb make a total of ten million

hai dauaa

verb be in a wrinkled condition

haula

verb set on fire

hellumi

verb melee

hhoda

adjective gasp for breath (once)

holi ange

resemble

hou

verb drill (native bow drill)

hua gulu

noun breadfruit (singular)

huaa gulu

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noun breadfruit

huaaboo

noun the whole night long

i dai nei

mortlockislands

kai

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noun story (fictional, such as a fairy tale)

kii ange tanuaa

verb to make something better; to better

kumi

verb calculate (do arithmetic),figure out

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

lodo danuaa

adjective contented,happy

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luu hua

noun labiamajora

luu meenaa

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those things by you (dual)

maalie ange

a little later

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

maeva

adjective move from one place to another

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

manu-solo-maanu

jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched

maunga

noun way of becoming accustomed to

mmala

adjective sour; bitter

mmasa

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adjective dry

mouli

verb to live; be alive

ngadi biho

noun head

ngalue mai

decrease

ngaue mai

to reduce (in price, etc.)

ngavali

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adjective bent slightly (not sharply)

ngudu leia

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

sae

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verb (transitive) to tear (fabric, paper)

saelea

verb walked upon

salaboli

noun may

salani ange

just a little salani

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sangatai

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

see

adjective barely, just barely

suunibongi

a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night

tai, moana

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noun ocean, sea

tugilima

noun elbow

ulumoni

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noun dolphin

umu

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noun cooking fire, cooking area

vaiduu

lazy