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aahee naa

then what (distant future)

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

ala galigi

noun a method of mat making

anaa maa

those were about (approximately)

anei nei

these now

baalanga

noun metal (any kind)

baieu

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

basa ange

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verb answer; talk to

beagi

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noun bag

bili i de lodo

unforgotten

boolonga

noun testament

bouli

adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)

bula de ganomada

get mad

daane masana

noun good one

daasugi

verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

daemahadia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagodo adu

appear there (from here)

dala

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

damaa me

adjective small ; little; tiny

dangada baoa

noun dead person buried at sea who washesback up on shore

dangau-dongi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dao tili

noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached

debele

noun table

delaa ange maalie

that there is exactly right

dodo

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noun blood

dodo ina

bloody

duu hakaa

noun a piece of coconut husk

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu o de hine

noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.

ege age

raise up (something) from its previous trajectory

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

ga-hudi

banana

gaa

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verb burn (intransitive)

gaadinga hai ngadi ubu

coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel

gaadinga osi

noun a coconut selected as a seedling

gasi

noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma

gau de henua

natives

gauligi mai ange

the one next younger still

gavange

adjective give or bring to (someone)

gelegele

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noun sand

giado taelodo

noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe

gidigidi

verb short

gili malanga

verb a type of skin disease

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagamadagu

verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamano

verb make a total of one thousand

hagapago sala

adjective unfortunate result

hagasao

verb letout (something), disburse (money)

hagasoa ange

go along with others,join the crowd

hagatugu

verb crouch down

hannoo kaba

go now, right away beat it

hau manu

noun a garland of flowers, headdress, necklace

heboohagi

adjective fight

heboohagi lima

adjective fistfight

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

holomanga

noun throat (inside)

hulo saele

adjective wander around

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

laangihagamouli

time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)

lama

a dry coconut leaf

lehua

verb blurred; covered with ashes

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lilo bule

adjective covered up completely

limasisi

noun pinky finger

llea

adjective say loudly

loada

noun sputum

loha

bird species

maadau dagi

noun a type of fishhook

maanegabo

energetic

maanegabo

adjective energetic

mada

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raw

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

mahaa

adjective broken up, cracked, burst

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

massaganga

verb to be very dry

masui

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mmahi

adjective strong, strength, force, power,energy

mmala dana (dagu) maanga

lose his (my) appetite

moni kalo

noun a canoe with rounded sides (designed to ride easily in rough seas)

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

ngadau age

older

ouou

adjective yes yes

pilo bopobo

adjective musty smell

saaliba

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

seni

adjective sleep

ssee de hiigai

famished, ravenous

taumee

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noun bud of the coconut palm

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vasega

apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)