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aahee laa

which were those

aasanga

verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll

aasolo

noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)

abongi baasi

adjective capsize sideways

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

ataula

noun anchor rope

bangoa

adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic

belu

noun lizard sp.

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

biigia

verb be stuck to completely

bulu

noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk

bunaa hoe

noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dagai

adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about

datada

noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)

de hine ga haibodu

noun bride

delaa nei ()

that there is it (is that there it)

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

doli iho

adjective to obtain the biggest first

dulivai

noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)

dungagi

verb nod (one’s head)

duu baa

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noun one half of an oyster shell

duu mugamuga

noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock

duubulei

noun head of the penis

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gabe

verb gouge out

gada-laagau-ngauda

noun fishsp.: rudderfish

galauna

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noun fishnet

galu/augau

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gana

noun bad person

gasi

noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma

gau mai vaga

noun <= gau mai moni>

gavange

adjective give or bring to (someone)

gave ua loa

a long-distance footrace

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

goede

noun octopus

gohu

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adjective dark

gona

noun belly button

goonanga

noun a record set by an individual (or team)

gu gide huu

spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)

guuduma

noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)

haaede

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verb measure

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

haaligi

verb wrap from under, wrap around; to wrap something (e.g., a present)

hadu-maadau

noun coralsp.

hagadubu o manu

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagamabua

verb cause to hagamabu

haoli

verb cover up

hegide mada

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

hevaalogi

the screaming of many people at the same time

hhali lo te laagau

a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

hono

verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)

hulu

verb apply liquid on,smear on

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

husi

taro bag, swamp

huui luu lima

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verb wash hands

ina-gi-hale

noun a row of thatch

ivi-a-duimogo

pelvic bone

ivi-a-duimogo

noun pelvicbone

laa ange

and those there

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

langona iho maahana

feel punished or victimized

lao

noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

lau mano

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number hundred thousand

leanga

noun bad person

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lou de gaugau dalinga

pull the trigger (of a gun)

luungagi

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

maangalo

sweet

mahedua

sneeze

maido

noun fishsp.

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

manu-de-hala

noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)

masoasoa

adjective spacious

mouli danuaa

easy living, a good life

nao

verb to extract by gouging out with a finger

ngalue de gauvae

dislocated jaw

nngaolia

verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)

pagola

noun bad luck, punishment

poo ange

touch (someone or something with the hand)

pungu

adjective plump

senga

adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk

sengalia

verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

sisi

verb write

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

tainaahine o dogu bodu

noun sister-in-law

tangada madua

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noun old person

taogubu

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noun waist

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

ubu loada

a coconut shell used for expectoration

vaalanga

made up (of a story only)

vasega

apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)