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ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

aloha ina

helpful toward

ao de me

noun daytime

badabaataianga

noun

balu-udu

noun fish sp.: snapper

beau

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noun wave, the surf

bii o madahasi

a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night

bolo iho

adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another

buu ili

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noun type of shell (Triton’s trumpet)

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daadaanga

noun appearance of

dabadaballahi

adjective more-or-less thin

daelodo dau

noun a large enough number to "count"

dagodo adu

appear there (from here)

dagu

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pronoun my (for singular, alienable noun)

dahulinga

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custom, habit

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

datada

verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain

dau ange

depend upon (e.g., for sustenance)

delaa loo

that was it

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dili dangada

adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)

doa agalala

very big giant

doli iho

adjective to obtain the biggest first

duiaanga

noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object

dumanu

noun appearance,situation

dumuagi

noun top of the head, bare hilltop

duu nui

adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope

duu-hakaa

noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

gada-laagau-ngaadai

noun fishsp.

ganabu

noun the base of a coconut tree trunk

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

go ai

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who

goloa haangoda

noun fishinggear

gubenga

verb a large net for fishing

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

hagabido

verb carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end

hagabuulinga

noun group of animate things

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagadubu o de moe

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadubuna

verb treat as dubuna

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagamele

verb

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hagaodi

verb end of (e.g., time)

hahine

noun woman

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verb do, make

hakolona

noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)

hale baalanga

noun frame house

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

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

hevaalogi

adjective the screaming of many people at the same time

hidi de mamu dunu

curling up of fish (when cooked)

hodahoda

adjective gasp for breath (more than once)

honu

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adjective full (for containers, notebooks, etc.)

huaahai

verb expertise

ilo

noun worm

ivi sulu

noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)

kii mai

verb decreasing

kona

adjective very, too much

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lima-laangi

time noun friday (’fifth day’)

luu duu

noun covers (of books), two halves

luu gili

noun labiaminora

luu ogu

pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)

ma ai

and who

maaili

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adjective fast

maalo

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adjective very strong

maanga

noun mouthful or spoonful of food

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verb look at in an effort to identify or recognize

magi labua gee

upset stomach (nausea)

malanga age

lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malui

adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose

mammamu

noun fish (in children’s speech only)

maoli

a suspicion which proves to be true

masa

adjective empty,low (tide)

me boogia e de eidu

a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping

meamea --

adjective becoming red

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

moana

noun open sea, the atmosphere

muli mai ange

a little later, byandby

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

ngali

grind

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngavesi

box, coffin, crate

noho

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verb sit

nohoanga hodooligi

the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

sae mai

break through the bush (toward one)

sali ssavale

salivate

saubaligi

verb graceful in dancing

se aha

what is it

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

soe lodo modu

to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)

somo

verb grow, develop; coconut apple

sseni

verb sleep (pl.)

Example: Gilaadeu nogo sseni anaboo. (They slept all night.)

taina daane madua

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noun elder brother

ulungaa iga

a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.