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alaa ai laa

those there then were

alaa ange naa

about that (over there) much more

alomasige

adjective hasten to go or come

aloo anahee

for how long has this been going on

amaadeu

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

anei ai laa

these then were those

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dago

noun ritual activities,religious activities

dagu hahine

my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)

dalea

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adjective tired

dangada ngauda

adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber

dangolia

verb grabbed, fallen upon

daonga

noun feast

dau

noun chant (ancient)

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

dohu de gili

covered all over (skin) with

doo gaiaa

ambush; attack by surprise or stealth

duasala

adjective hardship,difficulty

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

duumugamuga

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noun butt

gaagoo

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noun chicken

gaavadu

verb give

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gango

adjective burned (overcooked food)

gaso

noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gava

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noun black bird species (eats lizards and fish)

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

haa lodo

noun the inner coconut palm frond

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hadu de moana

noun a type of string figure

hagaao

verb intend to stay up until daybreak

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduu de uinga

to place stakes on the sides of uinga

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagalulu de langi

attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamaasei ange

make smaller (away from one)

hagammuni iho

adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hagasaangia

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagassoga

verb

hai mainu

verb collect bait

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hai saulaba

adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law

haunu

verb <= hagaunu>

hhagi

verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time

hhango

verb wakeup (someone)

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

hooia donu huu

at the best possible time or place

hui hala

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ripe pandanus

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huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kanamalie

adjective tasty (especially of taro)

laangai buusagi

a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything

lebidi

noun birdsp.: whitetern

lenga

noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)

libo ange de henua

feel dizzy or faint, vertigo

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

loma

adjective very calm, silent

luu aana

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pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

luu duu

noun covers (of books), two halves

maanga-de-langi

noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)

mada ahodo

verb any place where seawater seeps into the taro bog

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

mada duai

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coconut husking bench

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magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mai moni

a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

malo gulu

barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit

malu

verb shade (under trees); lee (of wind)

manenga

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

manu solo laagau

file (for filing wood)

me dau

noun thing of importance,worthwhile

me mmilo

current (in the sea)

mee

noun thing

mee duu

noun clitoris

moni lele

noun airplane

ngalue de gauvae

dislocated jaw

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

ngii

verb a high-pitched sound

ngole age

use smallest first

odea

noon, midday

odi

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adjective gone, finished, used up; already, very (mv.)

ouaa

adjective yes certainly

paa age

explode from below

pelaini

verb to fry

pelaoaa

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local bread

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savasavali

verb always hungry

siga de mamu

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

siili

noun a stick used in a children’s game

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

somo haahine

a fleshy (non-muscular) man

tai unu

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thirsty

uiila

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noun lightning

vaiu

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milk

vvela de aloha

feel very sorry for