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aagai

adjective continually wanting to eat

aoa

verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak

baa donu

adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)

basa

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verb speak

bugu

noun mons veneris

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

dagamanga

noun path, route

dahido lima

noun upper arm

dalo

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noun soft taro

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dangalebu de me

bad weather

dau

pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)

dau masa

noun the season during which tides are lowest

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

de mee laa

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that one (over there)

dee be aha

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okay; so-so

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

dena

that

denaa ange maalie

that is exactly right

dibo

noun infant

dili aalanga

adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)

dogi hakolona

noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

doluu

pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

doo me

verb plant things

dugu de gubenga

set a gubenga net

duu lua

verb to have the strength or capacity of two persons; to take on two persons in a fight

duu mmea

sea cucumber species

ea gi lunga

to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)

gabi

verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)

gabidia

verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

gamagama

noun seaweedsp.

gi

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gu gide huu

spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)

haangoda ina

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hagabuua

verb crowd away from

hagaduumaa

verb add a portion

hagagabugabu

verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagailonga

verb sign,mark,signal,omen

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalilo

verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)

hagallongo de lau nui

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

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagamaamaalama

verb shine on continuously

hagamaanadu

verb remember,remind

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hala a buadaia

noun a log used as a lever or fulcrum

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

hela

verb spread one’s legs (esp. a woman in the act of sexual intercourse)

holia

verb to form (something); make (something)according to some model or plan

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

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noun fishsp.: halfbeak

kave e hakide

take someone in order to train or teach him

kii

adjective win,overcome

kivi

adjective skinny (people, animals)

lamallie

adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)

lamu

verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

levango

adjective fight

lima

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lo taane

adjective daring, brave, manly

lodo

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verb (transitive; takes noun or sentence) need; want; like

madaangudu

adjective converse with

madangi

noun wind

mai

verb arrive

malo gahu

noun collared shirt

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-de-hala

noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

mao denga ssave

a scarcity of ssave

me dili dai

any current which flows away from the atoll

me hagaahulu

prepared food

me hagasahu vai

gutter (under the eaves of a house)

me osi

noun a coconuttree seedling

moe

adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)

mogobuna

noun grandchild,descendant of

moolau

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verb hurry

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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nege

verb move (something) a little way over

nngao dalinga

hurting in the ears from noise

nugu

noun land,islet

ola

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verb freed, be

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

saele

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verb to wander aimlessly, to walk around

saulolua

noun fishsp.: triggerfish

savini dua

adjective run backwards, move backwards fast

se biho

clever (scheme or trick)

sii

adjective a stream or jet of water; dysentery

siia gi moana ngaadai

drift downwind, away from land

somo haahine

adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man

somosomo

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verb to grow fast or well anywhere (e.g., as a weed)

ssaga bau

sulu

dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)

tamadaane

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noun boy

ulumonu

porpoise

valaai hagasili lodo

a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion