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ahee oo dagodo

how are you

ahi tugi

noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone

babu

adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)

balagia a de gaga

noun fish sp., parrot fish

bela

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noun plot of taro bog; boggy soil

bongaa usu

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noun nostril

buni

adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daguina

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verb say (a word)

dahea

adjective drift

dahea gee

drift away

dai seni

adjective sleepy

dala

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verb unfasten, undo, untie

dali

verb wait for,along with

dao

verb bake

dao hagamaadau

noun a spear with a barb

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

diibanga goo dii

a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")

duadonu

adjective luck, good fortune

dubua

noun a person of extraordinary ability

dubuna

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noun grandparents; ancestors

dubuna daane

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noun grandfathers

dubuna haahine

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noun grandmothers

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

dulivai

noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)

duu midomido

adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

e hanohano

have diarrhea

ea age

stop swimming (and come up on land)

gabea

verb (in angling) the failure of a bait bundle to come untied and release the bait

gai modo

verb eat when still unripe

gaolama

noun spine of the coconut palm

gava-uli

reef heron - grey phase

giado

noun outriggerboom

godi mai

adjective a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

goo

noun tarospade

gulu

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noun breadfruit tree

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haangoda dugidugi

adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)

hagadaga age

improving

hagadahi

verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases

hagadau iloo

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verb know each other

hagadubu hue vini

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduu me

adjective miserly

hagahaunu

verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages

hagamuli

verb be late, tarry

hagasehua

verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

hagavogi

verb a whistle (made with the lips)

hagi me

adjective pick coconuts

hai dauaa

verb be in a wrinkled condition

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

halehale dagodo

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

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hau ua

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noun necklace

hesilihaginga haiava

noun intersection

holi ange

resemble

huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

iloo me

adjective charlatanism

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

laagau-bala-uda

noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)

lahalaha

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adjective wide

laho

aerial foot of the pandanus tree

lima sisi

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noun little finger

limamalie

good at massaging

llibo

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adjective, verb drunk, get drunk (pl.)

lodo danuaa ~ lotanuaa

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adjective happy

lodo gapua

noun seaward part of a gapua

mada nnui

adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)

madaanga hulu

number ten

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

maimai

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adjective sweet

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malele

adjective completed

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

mui

verb gathered around (something)

ngadolo

adjective a landslide or similar movement of things

ngaue

adjective move (oneself), moved

nigo

verb go around in a circle; wind around

nngaoa

verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

noho

verb settle somewhere; live somewhere

nohoa

verb occupied

nohu

noun fishsp.: stone-fish

noogele

verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

ooi

adjective a sound used in communicating at a distance (= "yes")

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

saidule

verb wrapped up or covered up completely

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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sao de leo

clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice

sauligi

a type of adze (with a rotatable head)

semuna

numeral hundreds of millions

seni tao

adjective sleep soundly

siilinga a muna

trial or formal inquiry

sisi gaadinga

to cut copra

sobo de laa

rising of the sun