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abasasa huu

European in manner or appearance

adaada age

first light of the moon

ango

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noun pearl

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noun yellow root, used to treat bruises; tumeric root

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baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baaua

noun fish sp., rabbitfish

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

bigi lima

adjective hold hands

bouli gee

an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)

buni ange lodo

paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daamada age

adjective start again

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

dangada gohu

noun ignorant person

dangage

verb raise one’s head up or back

dao beau

noun the wave following the highest one

dao hadu

verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to

dao malui

noun a spear with a hinged barb

daogave

noun a type of coconut tree

daohi ange dahi hai

argue against

dau

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verb read

daula duu nui

noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground

dee hagaloongaa

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be quiet

dee vaaseegina

hardly able to wait for

dumanu

noun appearance,situation

duulua

noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)

ga aha

and then did what

gai lima dahi

to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)

gai valaai

adjective take medicine

galeve

noun the sap of the coconut tree (taken from the inflorescence)

galoa

verb attractive to members of the opposite sex

galubu

a type of toy

gannui mada makaga

gannui which is firm

gea

hawksbill turtle

gidee

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verb see

goloa haangdoa

noun fishing gear

gubo

verb work with concentration in the midstof a group

hagaaoa

verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadagodo

verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples

hagadilimangali

verb to teach someone to dilimangali

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamaasui

noun a current which flows to the left

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hagauda de hau

put on a hau

hagavagavaga

verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death

hanngoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).

hano gi bouli gee

to transfigure oneself

hhuu

adjective chuckle

hili de hau

make a hau

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)

lagolagoaa

verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism

lao

noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab

laomalie

adjective big

lauasaasa

verb skinny

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lebu

verb paint (something); put color on, color (something)

libo ange de henua

feel dizzy or faint, vertigo

loba

noun a type of mat

lodo kabi

verb filled to capacity

loha

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noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)

longoiho

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verb feel

loongia

verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maadolu

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adjective thick (fabric, paper, hair)

madala mai

get free, be loose; in bloom

magi ilihia

adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)

mahulu

noun wakefulness

mamu-honga-dai

noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)

mamu-lalo-beau

noun fishsp.: wrasse

manu

noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)

manu-a-luga

noun insectsp.: fruitfly

manu-a-madaligi

noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)

masavaa

noun time

moomada

adjective half-cooked

mother

tinana

muna o de henua

noun a community meeting (for listeningto speeches or instructions)

naba i de muna

converse earnestly

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngadi duu

adjective naked

ngalue iho

adjective reduced,decreased

ngaue

adjective move (oneself), moved

nnoo

adjective covetous,envious

noho baba

live peacefully

ono

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number six

oohia

verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)

saele

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verb to wander aimlessly, to walk around

sagana

verb watch carefully, keep an eye on

sahe

noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

savini gee

run away

sele

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verb trap

siva

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number nine

uiila

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noun lightning