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verb learning, teaching

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

aho

noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing

aloha ina

helpful toward

anaa ai laa

those then were those

baa sege

adjective carom off

boogia mai

be caught doing something wrong

booi

noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)

busi

verb blow (with the mouth)

buu tangada

noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)

daabeduge

verb work seriously

daane

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noun, adjective man; male

daangahulu dala buni

ten dollar bill

daava

verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)

dagahia de agau

reef which has been trampled previously by lobster hunters (and therefore is poor for lobstering)

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

dangada mai i daha

relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daudu

noun fishsp.: spinypuffer

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

dingale

noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs

dogia

verb be wet from the rain

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duagi

verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)

dutudu

verb play with fire

duubulei

noun head of the penis

gaaginga

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noun ladder

gadunga

fire-plow

galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

gana

bad person

geelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga

noun valley

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

gide eidu

verb to see a vision, hallucinate

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

golo me

adjective unforgiving

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagabuua

verb crowd away from

hagabuulei

verb put a ring on (someone)

hagaduu eidu

adjective superstitious; to believe in ghosts

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagalongo

verb hear, listen

hagao ngadaa

adjective expensive

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hai

verb do

hai dahi doo

trick someone

hai galauna

adjective fish with the galauna net

hano laa uda

adjective go on foot

hao

verb drill through,burrow

hebuihagi

verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close

hegabidi

verb packed closely together; crowdedtogether in a small place

hegide mada

adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)

hhadu

adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hhui age

eat a snack

holi ange

resemble

hoohanga

adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)

hoou

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adjective new

io dua

noun the upper io

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

kailu

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noun toad, frog

kano malie

adjective a tasty tuber of good quality

kano mugamuga

adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)

laanui

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adjective big

labu ssenga

adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)

langi maakau

noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death

lau kena

noun leaves (or hair) that have lost their natural healthy color

lua lodo

adjective undecided

luei todo

adjective cough up blood

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luungagi

verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

maanegabo

adjective energetic

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

mahuge

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verb open (intransitive, sing.)

Example: De abaaba gu mahuge. (The door is open.)

malo huna

adjective breechclout

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

mau

adjective get,obtain,caught

me-e-ligi

noun taro corm (small)

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

mmala luu mada

stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)

mmudi

adjective sprinkling (of rain)

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngani adu

ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.

noho senga (adu)

adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)

oha

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verb break (transitive)

ola

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verb freed, be

olo

an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit

sabalia

verb be in a situation in which saba1

saelea

verb walked upon

se biho

clever (scheme or trick)

seni gi de ao

sleep late (into daytime)

ssuonioni

sand

tainadaane madua

noun elder brother

unusaagi

deception

vasu

timid, shy