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aahee donu

exactly which

alaa maa

those there were about (approximately)

alo-uli

adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)

anailaa laa

it was today that

aonga

noun sort or degree of daybreak

ava

noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)

baalanga dua hale

metal roofing

bodu

noun spouse

bolo

verb make a will (for oneself or others)

boolaa ange

say boolaa to

buu

adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of

buuia

verb be struck with something shot out from something else

daa hhali

verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.

daahili dau soa

a lovesong

daane abo donu

noun gentleman,person who is good

dabaduu

noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)

dahi tali

adjective depend on (e.g., to come), rely on

dai

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noun lagoon, sea, salt

dala hhua

verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)

dalia

noun plantsp.

dama moemoe sala

noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

dao hagamaadau

noun a spear with a barb

daogubu

noun waist, circumference

doa

noun giant

doga

adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)

donadona

verb covered with dona

donu iho

adjective realize, understand

duu keli

adjective firmly in place,earnestly

duulale

noun a type of game

duusaba

noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)

eigele

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noun eagle

gaahanga

noun a rope used to assist in climbing

gadiou

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noun plant species with red flowers, used to make flower crowns

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gaha

noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained

gavaausu

noun plantsp.: treesp.: barringtoniatree (barringtonia asiatica (l.) kurz)

giado taelodo

noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe

gili belu

verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)

guao

noun the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadiugu

verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)

hagaahi

verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething

hagaao

verb cause to be sufficient

hagabiiginga

noun way of making sticky

hagadabena

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verb prepare

hagadibadiba de lima

hagaditidi mai de moni

a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)

hagadubu mangoo

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduu i luu goo

hagahaangoda

verb to teach to fish

hagalanu

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

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagapuni

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verb plus, add

hagausinga

noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)

hakaogao

verb to sit on one buttock

hakiuu

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noun baseball

hhola

verb hola at one time

holomanga

noun throat

hoohonu

verb

hoosenga ange

embarrassed by

hua ligi

adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)

huugaabungubungu

very plump

huuhuge

verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)

ise-ngaio

needlefish

kalo

verb stir up

laamasee

noun a divination result indicating good fortune

laba

verb flash (as of lightning)

loua ama

verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maaili

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adjective fast

maanegabo

energetic

madaanga hulu maa haa

number fourteen

madua

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old (person)

mae

adjective withered;

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

mau

adjective get,obtain,caught

me gu modu

decision

me maaguluaa

noun dislocated joint (of the body)

milomilosanga

the way in which a current moves about

mmasa

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adjective dry

moe dige

adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)

molo

verb to make a knot of hair

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

namu

noun mosquito

niho ngalo

noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

nui

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noun coconut tree

ono-laangi

time noun saturday (’sixth day’)

oso

verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)

pensele

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noun pencil

sali

verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)

sausaudia

verb continually blown upon (by the wind)

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

togo lua

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second

vange

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verb give