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abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

ago i me

copy, imitate

agule

verb pick head lice

alaa laa

those (there) which were there

baa

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noun father (informal)

bahhaa

adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly

bangadala

noun fish sp.: seabass

boaa ina mai

prevented from coming by being caught in a storm

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

boonei

noun fish sp.: damselfish

bungaleu

adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

buusi

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noun cat

daabeduge

verb work seriously

dabuna

noun part of the female genetalia

dae de ua

have a good time

dagaligiligi

adjective broken into small pieces

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dahola

verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)

dai bigi

adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout

dalea

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adjective tired

dangau-paava

noun fishsp.: snapper

danuaa age

improved,better

daula luu hadu

noun testicle cords

dena

that

denei ai huu

this is it still

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

dogi daadaa

noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)

e aha goe

how about

eidu

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god, ghost, spirit

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

gai me

adjective eat food

gaogao

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hip

gau anga

noun thigh

gau looloa gaadinga

noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts

gava-dea

reef heron - white phase

gave ala

verb a method of plaiting mats

gili belu

verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)

gonogono

adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly

gu odi ange ona

he has done all he could

guboa

verb being used in connection with group activity

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hadu-mangeo

cushion starfish

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagabuulunga

verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagadubuna

verb treat as dubuna

hagaduugau

verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs

hagalloba ange

verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).

hagamabua

verb cause to hagamabu

hagamua

verb be first; get closer to

hai bao

verb divided into compartments

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

halehale me

adjective a developing situation

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hebolo

adjective a sign made with the eyes

heboohagi mai

found fighting

hedau

noun plantsp.: treesp.: alexandrianlaureltree (calophyllum inophyllum l.)

hegide mada

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

henua monga

noun land (island) of mountains

hhali gee

scoop out

holiage

verb go about something in a complete circle

hou

verb drill (native bow drill)

hudaa moni

noun a fleet of canoes

huluhulua

verb hairy

laangi dabu

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noun Sunday

laosedi

noun seawater

lau ligi

verb having small leaves

loa

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noun ant

lodo bigede

adjective feel cowardly

maadau dagi

noun a type of fishhook

maadau hholu

noun a fishhook made of wire

mada mmea

dark red

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

malulu

adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

maoli

a suspicion which proves to be true

me ne modu

decision

moni lele

airplane

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

ngadi uaa

adjective assent to insincerely

ngudu leia

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

omaau

pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)

osia

verb taken for planting

pilo

adjective stink

sahe

noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow

sali

adjective flow, seep

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

saohia

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adjective free

se agoo

adept at

se gainga

adjective abundant

se me gi hee

in which direction is the current running

senga manu

stupid (like an animal)

sisi

verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra

somo dae

fully mature coconut apple

tilo

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verb see, watch, find, seek out

ulungaa iga

a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.