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aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

alaa ange maalie

those there are exactly right

alaange

adjective allowed to, permissible

anga

adjective pay attention to (notice), be aware of

baa

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noun father (informal)

baalau

adjective sticky, greasy

balu daaea

noun fish sp.

bangi dua beau

a certain way of pinching with the fingers

basa hagamao lalo

speak humbly

basa hagamao lunga

speak arrogantly

bigi

adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)

bugubugunga

noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance

bungaleu

adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)

dabaduu

noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dala

adjective tame ; not be timid or uneasyin another’s presence

dama lalo

noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands

daumaha laanui

noun the main sunday religious observance in the church

deai donu

adjective none at all

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

delaa ange

that there is another one

delaa tee madea

hard to tellapart from; resemble closely

dena

that

denaa laa ()

that is it there (is that it there)

diinei mai dege

to round off a sharp edge

diingia

verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays

doo

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pronoun your (singular; for singular, inalienable noun)

eu

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noun shoulder

ga noho

after a time

gai de henua

native food (not imported)

gano moana

noun open sea, far away from any land

gauligi

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adjective young

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

gelu-hai-vaelo

noun fishsp.: tang

geu de madangi

a change of wind

gubu dae

noun intestines which appear to havesegmentation

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hagaaha

verb cause to do what

hagaai

adjective be in a serious situation

hagaava

verb make a channel

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadaumee

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noun enemy

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagadumanu

verb cause to look like

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagamao lunga

verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud

hagamau

verb to strive to become acquainted with

hagili

verb speak (or sing) with phelgm in one’s throat

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

haiava

noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

hau ua

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noun necklace

haula

verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)

hausanga

noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole

heduge

noun slate-pencilurchin

heloongoi

adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another

hhanga lua

verb split in two

hhoda

adjective gasp for breath (once)

holi

shape of, form of

hua-ala

noun flower

huaa me

noun coconut (for drinking)

huaahenua

noun community

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

lamu

verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise

lango beau

verb a method of lashing the outrigger float to the outrigger struts

laso paava

verb skinny (of people)

lele sseni

adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

loage

adjective go (up or toward the village, or land)

lobaloba

verb flapping (of a sail in the breeze)

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lodo malangilangi

adjective happy

loha

bird species

luu aau

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pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)

ma tuai

noun coconut grater blade

madalua maa lua

number twenty two

made sala

adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another

madea

verb identify,recognize

mahuge, huge

open

makaga lodo

adjective stubborn

malibilibia

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

malu gohu

adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)

maua

verb to be able to

mmidi

verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)

mmoa gango

adjective burned food which has been overcooked

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

ngaalulu

adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

ngalue de hakii

dislocated larynx

senga

crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

siga de mamu

an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

sii tae

diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)

sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

solo

verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)

tala

rough in texture (as perceived at one time)

tangada sisi

secretary

tugilima

noun elbow

uuvae

feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth