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aahu

adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish

aalanga

noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)

ahi

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noun fire

alaa maa

those there were about (approximately)

alobagi

verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll

anei nei

these now

anu

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verb dance

bagia

verb be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc.)

balabala

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adjective soft

balu moso

adjective constant movement of the hands and feet, as when struggling (resembling the movements of a young starling)

bolo ange

bequeath

bulu giidagi

noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap

dagalonga

noun path, route

dagi ala

adjective go around aimlessly

dai

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noun lagoon, sea, salt

dama lalo

noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands

dangada hua dahili

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noun singer

dangada ulu

noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well

dangoa

verb grabbed,fallen upon

danuaa ange

goodfor, better than

dau masa

noun the season during which tides are lowest

dau ngaadahi

adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)

dee maeva

not present, absent

dee masae de leo

lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)

delaa tee madea

hard to tellapart from; resemble closely

dibidibi

noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves

diingia

verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays

dili uda

adjective an ocean current which comes towards the shore (and carries in driftwood, etc.)

doo tahulinga

bad-mannered

dua nnui

noun violence; a type of rope

dua saali

noun one of the lines of which saaliis composed

dugu

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verb put

dungudungua

verb repeatedly smell (something)

duu saba

unstable, poorly balanced

duudae baa

the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook

duuhuli

verb a type of wave

elegia

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noun bird species

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

gaimee taiao

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verb have breakfast

gamai

adjective bring to me, carry to me

gau

noun handle,appendage

go

hano

goinga o tai

noun high-watermark

goloa lalo

noun gear obtained from foreign lands

gu dee galemu

recovering from an illness (getting better)

gu soe donu

unmistakably, for certain

haaide

verb measure (exactly)

haelu

verb var. of hailu

hagaava age

be relieved for a short time

hagadania

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagadoa

verb act like a giant

hagadubu maduu paa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagasoe ange

aim at

hai gaavenga

adjective restless (of a child)

hale pono

noun prison, jail

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

hasi made

verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted

hauala

noun seaweedsp.

henua gee

foreign lands

hua gulu

noun breadfruit (singular)

huaa henua

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noun community

huge

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verb open (transitive)

kadi

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verb bite

laa

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noun sun

lalo

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preposition under

lalo de langi

beyond the horizon, far away from theatoll

lapede

verb stumble and fall

laso

noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

laumanu

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noun leaf

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lodo llidi

adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)

maalioso

adjective die,dead (persons or animals)

mada galisi

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noun small green offshoots of the coconut tree trunk

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magau

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verb die (singular subj.)

magau de laa

weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)

magi ilihia

adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)

magi luduludu

adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

malibilibia

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

me madaali

noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality

milosanga

the way in which a current flows

mmanu

verb do (something)

momo

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quantifier few

moni lele

airplane

ngadi hanonga

noun a useless journey

ngaue age

increase (in rank or price, etc.)

oda

noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed

ohua

verb characterized by having ohu

olaadeu

pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)

oou

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yes

paa de mahi dua

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verb sneeze

sai

noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

sebu

adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time

siilinga a muna

noun trial or formal inquiry

sou

a gust of wind

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)