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aahee

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when

aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

ahiahi danuaa

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good evening

anga-mea

noun fish sp. (= large dada)

ao

verb daylight

bini

verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

bula

adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)

buu-kangi-de-muli

noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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daamadaa-sele

noun insectsp.: waterbug

dabu

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adjective holy; sacred

dagodo adu

appear there (from here)

dalodalo

verb pray

dangada henua gee

noun foreigners, strangers

datanu

noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)

de vai

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noun pond (a specific pool of water)

dee modu

adjective continually

dee ni dago

never mind

doa agalala

very big giant

dohu

adjective sufficient, enough; able to cover agiven area

doo me (ai)

verb make fun of, ridicule

duu gaha

noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

elegia

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noun bird species

gagu

adjective well-mannered

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

galo gila

goatfish

galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

gauanga

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noun thigh

giivada

adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination

gili agau

verb a moss-like covering of the reef; fish which live on the reef

gili dalo

noun hillock

ginigini

noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)

goede

noun octopus

goloa baalanga

noun metal-working tools

goloa hai hegau

noun tools (for work)

hagabuulunga iho

adjective to hagabuulunga oneself

hagadali

verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)

hagadogoisi

verb reduce in number, make fewer

hagahala

a sleeping mat

hagamade

verb do as hard as fast as possible

hagammabu

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verb die (euphemistic); take a break

hagasaangia

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagasebugi

verb make a total of one billion

hagasoe ange

aim at

hagili

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

hale magi

noun hospital,dispensary

hauhausanga

noun

hausanga

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

hhoda

adjective gasp for breath (once)

hinangalosaa

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adjective sad

hono

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

huaa bodu

noun family

huaahenua

noun community

huluhulua

verb hairy

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

huui luu lima

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verb wash hands

kobe

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cough

koe se aha

who do you think you are

laamaloo

noun a divination result indicating bad fortune

lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

lleu luu mada

swelling of the eyes (after crying)

loba

noun a type of mat

lobadia mai

to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)

lodo baageaa

adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lodo llidi

a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)

looloa

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adjective tall; long

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

maasina

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noun moon

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

manu-manga-lua

noun insectsp.: scorpion

manuhi

adjective hemorrhage

me abo (donu)

noun truth

me gu modu

decision

me hagaahulu

noun prepared food

muli moni

noun stern

muu

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

nanu

adjective grumble, complain

ngadala

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noun grouper

nguulia

verb be nguu

niho

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tooth

oluu

pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)

semuna

numeral hundreds of millions

siga de mamu

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

sili

adjective drawing to an end

sivi

adjective giveup

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

sogosogo

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somo haahine

adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man

soolo

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noun salt

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)

vakaa

be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation

valagei

whip black coral

valu llau

number eight hundred