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abo sala

adjective mean (by nature), unkind

aonga

noun sort or degree of daybreak

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

biigii

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boa

noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition

bopobo

adjective deteriorated

bunei

noun fish sp.: batfish

daadaanga

noun appearance of

dae

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noun guts, intestines, buttocks

dahi laangi

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noun Monday

dalaa

noun (small) piece of, part of

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dao badu

noun ridgepole (upper)

dau langi

verb rainy season

dauhuli (ange)

noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face

daula de gona

noun a cord between the naval and the genitals

degidegi

adjective ticklish

diinonga-o-salo

noun fishsp.

dingale

noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs

dohe

noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

doo de ssui

still damp (but becoming dry)

dumuagi

noun top of the head, bare hilltop

duu biho

adjective haircut; cut hair

duu-o-de-hine

anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)

duuduu lagi

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

duuduu manu

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

gaadinga gaha paa

noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

gasia

verb worthwhile,important,valuable

gau henua gee

foreigners (lit., ’people from other lands’)

geao

noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)

gede hangaabo

noun a type of basket

giili

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skin

gohu

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adjective dark

haa daha

verb the outer coconut palm frond

haa manu

noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)

haangoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

hagadagado

hagadagado

to draft (a carving)

hagadagodo gee ina

change

hagaditidi de hadu

to skip a stone across the water

hagadubu gina

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahidu (ina)

verb the name of a person in a traditional story

hagaloma de me

calm weather, with no noise

hagannamu age

eat a little of

hagapasa

verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other

hai hegau ai

verb borrow

hauhausanga

noun

hhole

verb peel (something)

hine duuhua

noun unmarried girl

hua bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit; used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

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huamanu

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noun fruit

hungahunga a nui

the flower of the coconut tree

iho daahagi

a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

ivi de biho

noun skull

laangidabu

time noun sunday

labu manu

adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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lima

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arm

llago

adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)

longo iho

adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)

ma te hakii

the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

mada gi daha

adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)

mada saosao

adjective sharp-pointed

madangi

noun wind

madau-dalinga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

magi i de makama

menstruation

malillili

adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

malui

adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose

maoha

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verb break (intransitive)

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

mmene ono me

to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people

moni kalo

noun a canoe with rounded sides (designed to ride easily in rough seas)

monilele

noun airplane

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

nanulia

verb the object of a complaint

ngago

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noun brain

ngalogu

adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)

ngudu leia

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

oha

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verb break (transitive)

saa

noun a share of food (esp. for children)

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

saibo

adjective rush around (of a group of people)

sali loimada

adjective to tear1 (in the eyes because, e.g., of smoke)

savini

adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)

se hono

fit well or properly

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

semada

numeral tens of thousands

soe lodo modu

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

tama hagai

poor fellow!

taumee

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noun bud of the coconut palm

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uhado

large white worm species

vaaligi

adjective small (for plural noun)

vai huaamee

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noun coconut water from a young green coconut

vainui

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noun coconut water from a mature brown coconut

vaivai

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