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aagonga i lunga

noun social class of chiefs and priests

aahu

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

alaa muna

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alodahi

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adjective all, every

anei muhuu

how about these

anga gee

turn one’s attention away from

anumanga

noun dancing party

baasi madau

adjective right side, right-handed

baubau

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adjective bad

beau

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noun wave, the surf

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

binge

adjective pink

buubuu

verb divination

daahanga ange

give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dagoobala

verb fall on something and smash it

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dahu

verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire

dahuli de lodo

change of heart, change one’s mind, repent

dalepagi

adjective fight hand-to-hand

damaa velo

adjective good at spearing fish

dauaalo

verb steady paddling

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daula sele nui

noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it

delaa ange naa

about that (over there), much more

demeenaa

that one where you are

dena

that

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

doli de henua

to defeat all comers

dona

noun wart, mole (raised)

doo ma gu...

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

dua nnui

adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)

dui moni

noun a fleet of canoes (in line)

duu de ogaanga

having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)

e muni

verb hidden, be

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gaha nuui

adjective having green coconuts (of a coconut tree)

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

gauligi daane

noun male child,boy

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

goe iloo

it’s up to you

goehau

noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)

golee bukaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit (seeds)

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gu soe donu

unmistakably, for certain

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

hadu tugi lau

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noun stone on which the pandanus leaf is smashed

hagaau aloha

adjective poor (not rich)

hagabaa

verb to crack (as a nut)

hagadaalea

verb ; tiresome

hagahoa

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noun a boil on the body

hagaoda

noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)

hagasaalunga ange

call (someone) by the name of his name-group

hai saulaba

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

hano ai huu

forever

hedae

adjective meet up with; be even with each other

hhoda age

suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)

hiihii mada

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noun eyelash(es)

hilo hagamaasui

verb to braid sennit with the left hand;

hodooligi

adjective chief (of the island)

hoe

noun a canoepaddle

honua

verb filled with

ili luu bongaa usu

to dilate one’s nostrils

kano avaavaa

verb porous

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

lango beau

verb a method of lashing the outrigger float to the outrigger struts

llilo

adjective able to be hooked

lodo mao lalo

characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit

lodo me muimui

in the bush (uncleared area)

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maasei

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adjective small

mada sua hadu

noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)

madaa sele

noun loop of a lasso or noose

magi luduludu

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

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malanga

adjective lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from ; separated from

manu-manga-lua

noun insectsp.: scorpion

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

moli

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verb carry or bring something from one place to another

moloa

verb knotted (of hair)

moni hai gubenga

noun a canoe rigged for gubenga fishing

naivi

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noun knife

ngago gaagoo

noun chicken egg

ngii

verb a high-pitched sound

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

odi ai loo

that’s the end that’s all

ou

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yes

pili

adjective boring

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

savali

hungry

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

ssii

broken into many pieces (as glass when dropped)

sumu ina

to make diamond-shaped designs in plaiting, or lashing

tahi-laangi

noun Monday (’first day’)

ubu loada

a coconut shell used for expectoration