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abadai

european

adaau

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pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

adi longo

adjective to tattle

alaa donu

those there only

au

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pronoun your (singular; for plural, alienable noun)

au doga

noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

baoa age

wash up on shore and beach thereon

basa dua nnui

speak undiplomatically

basa hagassee

verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made

daalinga

noun an area near the flowering part of the coconut tree (where birds perch)

daemahalia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

dahuli de lodo

change of heart, change one’s mind, repent

daleba

verb flap briskly in the wind

dama adu hale

noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others

dao malui

noun a spear with a hinged barb

daogave

noun a type of coconut tree

daula luu hadu

noun testicle cords

dee nei

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noun this

dehine ga haibodu

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noun bride

denei naa ()

this will be it. (will this be it)

devedeve

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

dihidihi

noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

diibanga goo dii

a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")

diingia

verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays

dola

adjective erection (of penis)

donu huu

only,just (no more than)

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duudane

noun buttock

duulanga

noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of

e aha goe

how about

ga noho

after a time

gaahanga

noun a rope used to assist in climbing

gadigadi

verb have itch

gahudi

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noun banana

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gai lima lua

eat greedily (with both hands)

galeve sali

noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gau anga

noun thigh

goloa baalanga

noun metal-working tools

golomagi lodo

adjective self-controlled

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

hadu goinga

noun boundary stone

hagabau

verb measure, calculate,estimate

hagadau bale

verb cooperate; help one another

hagadige de madaangudu

a prolonged conversation (on subjects of little importance)

hagahidu (ina)

verb the name of a person in a traditional story

hagaloosi

verb guard, watch, keep an eye on

hagamabu iho

adjective rest for a short time

hagamaiana

adjective

hageli

verb a sort of sound in ancient chants

hhuda

adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time

hhule

verb to expose the head of the penis by pulling back the foreskin

hongagelegele baalanga

rust

hoou

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adjective new

kano maailaba

noun the wood next to the core of a tree

laangi hagamouli

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noun Saturday

lagalagai

verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

levango

adjective fight

lima sisi

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noun little finger

llonga

verb muscle fatigue

lua llau

number two hundred

ma gi

in order to

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maalisa

noun an overhanging reef shelf

mada

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front

mada udua

noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madaniiga

verb ingrown callus

maga tau hoe

to paddle (a canoe) vigorously

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magau danuaa

die peacefully (shown by a beatific facial expression on the corpse and the calmness of the weather)

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

mami

verb taste (of something)

manu vaaligi

noun insect (small)

mmade gimoo

adjective to die in great numbers

moomada

adjective half-cooked

mougu

noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.

moumou

verb wasteful,waste (something)

muli moni

noun stern

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

ngudu malie

adjective eloquent (of a person)

saugalo saele

adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for

sebaga

numeral tens of billions

sili

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verb ask

silivaahea

verb wander about with no fixed abode

sou

verb a gust of wind

talaa gamu

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piece of coral

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too gili

wrinkled skin (from age)

vaga

noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship