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aadea

verb clear (easily seen), unobscured

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noun root

anaa maa

those were about (approximately)

baasi lua

having two useful sides

bodu

noun spouse

bongaa manu

noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)

boo iho

adjective the following night

bouli

adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)

bulaga

noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dahea age

drift toward place where speaker is

dala gaogao

noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs

damadanga

noun origin, source

dangada haangoda

noun fisherman

dangi de musu

hear whispering (of others)

danuaa mai i hee

good according to whom

datane-uli

noun fishsp.

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

dee modu

adjective continually

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

dotonogaa

noun fishsp.: goby

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duu dalo

noun piece of soft taro

duu de umada

noun a rainbow appearing in the sky

ga vaa laa dangada

oh dear (that’s not good)

gaadinga gaha paa

noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel

gaanoni

noun an omen of death

gada-laagau-ngauda

noun fishsp.: rudderfish

gaibea-lausedi

trapezeid crab

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gave

noun the name of a name-group

gaveaa

verb taken;

geesaa

noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii

gidee mai

found out (or be found out)

golomagi lodo

adjective self-controlled

goosuu

noun fishsp.: jack

gopai

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noun hat

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hagaamua

verb accord honor to

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagadali

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

hagaingoo ai

called by (named)

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagasaohia

verb make oneself available

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hagavvela

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verb hot, be

hai ngadaa

adjective difficult

hale de henua

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thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

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hanga-mea

noun

helii

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noun grass

hhali lo te laagau

a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)

hhola mai saiolo

to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

honu

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noun turtle

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

hoolu

noun prow (bottom part)

hua nnui

adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

ianga

verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger

lahu me

adjective inclined to be suspicious

lamu

verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise

lau

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number one hundred

lau mano

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number hundred thousand

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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leva saele

adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)

libo ange de henua

feel dizzy or faint, vertigo

lima dangada ina

a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer

lodo haa

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noun branches of the coconut palm (used to make galeve, an alcoholic beverage)

maanga-de-langi

noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)

madagudagu

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adjective cowardly (concerning others or supernaturals)

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

maga de gau dogi

masturbate (of males only)

magimagi

adjective prone to illness

malogu

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mammami

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adjective delicious (general)

manu-de-boo

noun centipede

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

mmene

adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)

moea

verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)

ngadi basa

small talk; idle conversation

ngalue de hakii

dislocated larynx

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ngudula

noun fishsp.: snapper

noodalo

verb duplicate

oa

noun gunwales (at the top of the canoe)

ono-malama

time noun june (’sixth month’)

paa age

explode from below

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

saga gi daha

saga away from; extend out in space

sali dodo

adjective bleed

savala

adjective interested in, enjoys

sileia doo soa

look, your neighbor is competing against you

sseni

verb sleep (pl.)

Example: Gilaadeu nogo sseni anaboo. (They slept all night.)

tainaahine gauligi

noun younger sister

tangada maagaga

industrious person