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abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

adu

noun conglomerate, islet

anaa donu

those only

anei ange

and these (here)

anga gi lodo

adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

asu

verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon

au dili dai

an ocean current flowing away from land

bala

adjective soft, mushy, offering no resistance

bela

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noun plot of taro bog; boggy soil

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

bogo

verb take something, steal something

boobosu

adjective

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daane abo donu

noun gentleman,person who is good

daasele

verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip

dabalahi

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adjective thin (fabric, paper, hair)

dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

daelodo

noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu

daelodo odi ange

evennumber

dagilanea

adjective each having a lot

dagua

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noun tuna

dahea iho

adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not

dalia

noun plantsp.

dalo

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noun soft taro

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dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

daudu

noun fishsp.: spinypuffer

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

dee ni dago

never mind

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

denei ai huu

this is it still

diinei mai

make smaller; decrease

dogaa

adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed

doo ma gu...

fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

gabi saele

adjective carry around holding

gabia

verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)

galaahuu

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noun cheek

galevaleva

noun birdsp.

galo ahi

verb sparks

ganimago

noun mollusksp.: malea pomum

gano dea

the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gatae

fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)

gau

noun handle,appendage

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

golomagi

verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)

guboa

verb being used in connection with group activity

haanau ssene

adjective yield interest

haangoda dua beau

a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagaduu i luu goo

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagasae gili

verb pierce the skin superficially

hagasegedia

verb let slip or slide

hagassoe

verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

heiangi

adjective smart, intelligent, clever

hhanga de ngudu

open one’s mouth

hhogi

a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle

hologumu

adjective (for a fish) to swallow a hook so that it becomes stuck in the throat

honu tai

high tide

iloo

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verb know

ivi gaogao

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kii

adjective win,overcome

kona

adjective very, too much

langi haanau

noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

llou

hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

loange

adjective go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)

loigulu

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

luu amaau

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pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

luu ogu

pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

madaangahulu mano

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number ten thousands

magau donu i de lodo

want desperately

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

mahi loa

adjective tireless

maisi

adjective peeled off

malo aahine

noun dress

malo gulu

noun barkcloth

manenga

noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

momme hagadaahao

noun playground

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngalue ange

increase

ngauda

adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman

ngisi

verb a squeaking sound

ngu te lodo

noun the edge of the lagoon reef

oha

break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin

saaluanga

noun a scratch (on the skin)

saavale

noun spit, saliva

saavale

verb spit,drool,sputum

sagea

verb to do something without regard for others (because one is excited)

siga

verb to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool ; to escape (of fish) from a net (through its holes); sew up a hole (in clothing)

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

ssaavale

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verb spit

unahi

scale (of a fish)

veelenga

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noun garden