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aagonga i lunga

noun social class of chiefs and priests

baabaa gadea

verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)

baagia age

to be carried to the shore (of a canoe) by a current or the wind

baalanga uli

noun cast iron

basa dua nnui

speak undiplomatically

biini

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noun pen

bodobodo

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adjective short

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

boo danuaa

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good night

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daane gasia

noun a person who is useful to others

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

dala

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dama de bialodo

noun deformed foetus

dama namu

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noun mosquito larva

damaahine

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noun daughter

de ulu hagabolebole

topmost part of any standing object

dee abo

uncomfortable (esp. socially)

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dee kona

easily

denaa muhuu

how about that one

dilo

noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying

dola

adjective erection (of penis)

dono

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pronoun his/her (for singular, inalienable noun)

dotonogaa

noun fishsp.: goby

dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

dulivai

noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu o de hine

noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.

duu uli

noun sea cucumber species

duu-hakaa

noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)

duuduu manu

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

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gaa

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verb burn (intransitive)

gai valaai

adjective take medicine

gasogo

verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman

geu de madangi

a change of wind

goo

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verb bark (dog)

haangaa lodo i de gai

be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much

hadinga

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noun crook of the knee or elbow

hadu goinga

noun boundarystone

hagaalahenua

verb provide land for

hagadau-me

adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue

hagadubu mangoo

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaheiloo

verb make the acquaintance of

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagaioo

verb cause to give

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagamaa

verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagamademade gaiaa

adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamomo

verb reduce in quantity

hagasaa

adjective quarrel (like children)

hagasugi ange

to use an abbreviated name or acronym

hai mee

industrious

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

io dua

noun the upper io

ivi de biho

noun skull

ivi laanui

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backbone

lahhie

noun firewood

laso

the posterior portion of the hermit crab

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

loomai

adjective come or go (toward the speaker)

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

ma

a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’

maadau daabasi

noun a type of fishhook

maadau duiagi

noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)

magau i de hiigai

ravenous

mahi

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adjective strong

malamala

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noun small bits of things (e.g. sawdust)

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

malo huna

adjective breechclout

malo sabo

noun breechclout

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manu-de-boo

noun centipede

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

matolu

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number thirty

me ange laa

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adjective other

mee o taane

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noun male genital organ

milo

verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring

moli

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verb carry or bring something from one place to another

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

muna e basa ange ai

noun answer

ngadau age

older

ngago

noun brain; egg

ngago

egg

ngavesi

box, coffin, crate

ngudu leia

verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned

nnoa nounu

verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it

pula luu mada

excited with joy

salaa

flying fish

se hia

just how many

sigidaumaha

verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

soe iho

adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god

uila

lightning, electricity

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush