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abaaba

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noun door

agilau gee

extremely pugnacious

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

amu

verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.

anga dua

adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle

ango

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noun pearl

avaava

verb full of holes

baa

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noun father (informal)

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baluu

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noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

buugunga

noun conformation of a bugu

daane dagidahi

noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality

dada age

verb raise (a flag)

dagahi ange gi de --

serve as a side dish for

dane

verb a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)

datanu

noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)

dau dinae

noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time

daula gage

noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

dee modu

adjective continually

deelaa

there

delaa ange naa

about that (over there), much more

dolo

noun sugarcane

duu inai

type of mat (a half inai)

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

e hia

how much

e lodo goe

watchout

gadi

verb bite

gai aha

and then what

gai hagalulu

adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait

gamalie

adjective do attentively

gamedi vai salo

noun a type of bowl

gau

noun handle,appendage

gau-me

noun gill (of a fish)

gili langi

verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)

gudu gaadu

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noun dog flea

haa-dolo

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish

hadi haho

adjective steep (inclination)

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagabido

verb carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end

hagadabu

verb restrict

hagadaha

verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance

hagadaudoo

adjective compete to see who is stronger

hagadubu o de adu

the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahaigabungi

verb make shy

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hakai-a-bagila

noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.

haoli

verb cover up

hatuli

verb thunder

hebagi

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verb fight

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hhela

verb spread one’s legs wide apart at one time

holo gumi

adjective

honu-uda

noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)

hua-ala

noun flower

hui hala

noun the fruit of the pandanus

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

ingoo

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noun name

kalo talinga

adjective clean out, or scratch, inside the ear

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

lava i de goloa

having many goloa

llilo mai

decreasing (in number); becoming less

loomosi

verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned

luu gili

noun labiaminora

maalisa

noun an overhanging reef shelf

maava

yawn

mabu

adjective rested

mada duai

Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/15/19

coconut husking bench

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mada gi daha

adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)

magalili tai

adjective flow (of tide)

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

mammami

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adjective delicious (general)

mamu

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noun fish

mangoo-biho-lua

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

manu de gabadanga

noun the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish

manu solo maadau

file (for filing metal)

mogo

noun shoot from a sprouting coconut

moloa

verb knotted (of hair)

mousi

adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

naa gaalava

so what

ngago

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noun brain

ngaungau-ulu

noun

ngole age

use smallest first

noodalo

verb duplicate

ono

barracuda

sai moni

noun a fleet of canoes

siba

verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking

sigi

verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)

sinasinaina

adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

soa hagaaloha

noun a good friend

tuli

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knee

vai nui

coconut water from a mature brown coconut