An example search has returned 100 entries

aamia

verb sufficient for the purpose or need

aasanga

verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll

alaa ai

those only

alohi lima

noun palm (of hand)

aso

noun fish sp., white tip shark

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

basa senga

adjective speak senselessly

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

bole

adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)

bongaa usu

listenloadingplaying

noun nostril

buu goede

worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>

daamada

listenloadingplaying

verb begin

daane dagidahi

noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality

dagahia de agau

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

dangada hai valaai

listenloadingplaying

noun shaman; someone who does traditional medicine

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

danngaho

noun stomach

daogoli

noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant

dau maagau

noun a period during which many people die

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

dilo

verb look at (inspect)

doo i de ubu

too big in size (of clothes)

duasala

adjective hardship,difficulty

dugu dagidahi

verb place (or leave off) one at a time

gaadinga lamallie

noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel

gadi

verb bite

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

ganimua

noun the eldest child of a couple

goe iloo

it’s up to you

goloa duu biho

barber’s tools

goo

noun taro spade

gubu vae

foot, ankle

gulabe

noun rectum

haele

verb bringup (children), discipline (children)

hagaagahi sseeloo

adjective to call out "sail ho"

hagaaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagasemuna

verb make a total of one hundred million

hagauda de hau

put on a hau

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai gi de mahi

do or take by force,rape

hakolona

noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)

henuu

noun placenta

hua manu gai

listenloadingplaying

noun fruit

ilihia ssave

the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

inai

noun a type of mat

kangi

listenloadingplaying

adjective sharp

kano

listenloadingplaying

noun meat

kena

noun pale; whitish yellow

kii adu

get out

kobe

listenloadingplaying

cough

laohie

listenloadingplaying

noun drought; dry weather

laso paava

verb skinny (of people)

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

llea

adjective say loudly

lodo bale

noun helpful (sort of person)

lodo bigede

adjective feel cowardly

longosaa

adjective small around, thin

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

lua llau

number two hundred

maaguluaa

adjective dislocated (joint of the body)

maasae

adjective hatched

mada dangada ina

a person of importance (who is liked by the people)

maduupaa

noun a type of string figure

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

mago de henua

noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)

mahagi

adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

malo huna

adjective breechclout

malogahu

noun collared shirt

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manu-de-laama

noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light

me hanga dalogo

ingredients of dalogo

mee langa

listenloadingplaying

noun woven object; the act of weaving

mmao

adjective far,distant

mogomogo ina

muscular

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngadi hanonga

a useless journey

ngalue de gauvae

dislocated jaw

ngudu ai

act as an interpreter

niho

teeth

nodi

verb to tie a knot in the hair

noho dau donu

sit quietly

onge

famine

sai

verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)

saiolo

noun a sail

sali

verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)

sali ssaavale

adjective salivate

sisi baalasi

verb printing (block letters)

tangada hagaai

poor fellow!

tangada maagaga

industrious person

tolo i nui

Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15

noun coconut seed

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15

uli

adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)

vaasuu ai

listenloadingplaying

adjective steadily ‘like someone or something, feel affection for’ cf. vaasuu