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abasasa huu

European in manner or appearance

aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

aloo anahee

for how long has this been going on

anaa ange naa

about that (here) much more

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baasi madau

adjective right side, right-handed

baoa

verb wash up on shore

bini dali gadaha

a method of braiding dali into string to make a bird snare; six-ply braiding (of rope)

buli

verb grab up

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

bungaleu

adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)

daahili daumaha

adjective a church song

daamada age

adjective start again

daamadaa-sele

noun insectsp.: waterbug

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dabuna

noun part of the female genitalia

dagamanga

noun path, route

dagu

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noun axe

dahia

verb shave

dala-galoi

noun fishsp.: puffer

dao tili

noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached

dau langi

verb rainy season

de huu de henua

noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island

de mee laa

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that one (over there)

dee tala mai!

don’t tell me

dogi hakolona

noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell

doo de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

gaanoni

noun an omen of death

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gano dea

noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gatae

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fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)

gatae

noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)

gau mai moni

noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)

gave

noun the name of a name-group

gide sala

adjective misidentify

hadu goinga

noun boundarystone

hagaaoaoa

verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)

hagaboo

adjective greet; take leave of

hagadabena ange

prepare for

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagadiinonga

verb treat as having supernatural power

hagaduu ngae

adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)

hagahoa

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noun a boil on the body

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagallogo

noun chant (in the old religious ceremony)

hagaola

verb save from

hagasugi ange

to use an abbreviated name or acronym

hai

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verb do, make

haiva dee agona

sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

heboohagi

adjective fight

heboohagi lima

adjective fistfight

hegai

verb eat ravenously

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

hihi mata

noun eyelash

humai

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verb come

ivi de biho

noun skull

kii age

move upward; reach a certain age

kono

adjective grunt (once)

kosi-honga-agau

noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita

laagau

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noun wood

lahalaha

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adjective wide

lau de ava

a tuna of large size

longoduli

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adjective deaf

luu amaau

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pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

ma tua

besides

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

madaa moni

noun prow of a canoe

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

magalili

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adjective cold

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

magi

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adjective sick

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

manu-mangamanga

noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

massagalala

verb burned (food)

mau

adjective to finish defecating

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

me-e-ligi

noun taro corm (small)

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

mouli dangada

noun delinquent person (periodically exhibiting bad behavior)

ngauda

inland of; landlubber

nngahu

noun fishsp.: damselfish

nuinui

noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

ono-malama

time noun june (’sixth month’)

oo

noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

sae iho

adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

seni

adjective sleep

sigi manu

adjective to transplant a plant

siva-dahanga

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

ssii

a hissing sound used to indicate disapproval

ssuugulu

noun school

tahi-laangi

noun Monday (’first day’)

too gili

wrinkled skin (from age)

ua-mea

red-throated frigate bird

umidi

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adjective hungry for fish or meat