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mogo— lizardfish species
gauwae— cheek
mono wai do— waterfall
dungu— to smell, smell of
mhoo— cooked
goa ga— flat edge of knife
doo— fall
helekai— say
ruwarua— vomit
tau— season
hongobaba— blacktip reef shark
duudae nguu— inky secretion of squid
hagadubu be— to assume the likeness of, to pose as
gu— past
ganiganihatol— spadefish and batfish species
hai bongo tohora— whale in general
dagamila— crooked, distorted
hanaga— arrive
hagatanga— depart
dohumu— firewood
bugubugu— bulging or hilly
hangai— nurse
tohora— whale in general
dau— arrive
gahu lahilahi— thin cloth
goloo hai mee— gears, tools
amarei— arrow
tamadane dauaga— son-in-law
labelabe— olive-scribbled wrasse
maduu— whole coconut
hagabaeha mmaga— machine gun
puruum— broom
goboina— be surprised; be amazed, amazement
huruhuru— beard
manu haangai— pet
hude hagalongowa— quiet, be
ai— who? whose? what (name)?
hale goloo— store
diwah— paw
helekai— word
roada mhee— red ant
haka hegehege— surf
honu— Hawksbill sea turtle
maahin— bright
hagadamana— enlarge
haidama— pregnant
Adu Dogo Gaa— name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon
lea\n— please
taeha— humpback red snapper
puu— shoot, drain, boil over
ganipuu— round in shape due to being filled by air or objects
gahru— mucus
turi\n— Few
ankel— maternal uncle
dila— coconut leaflet
manu dagua— school of tuna
dunu moobuu— to cook barely on open fire
bai bai— flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)
agu— keeltail needlefish
dangada made— corpse
dalihagi— wedding feast (ancient)
nia matalim— more than one finger
llongo— line of (people, animals, things)
mogobun— magic
madaalli— nipple
dangada agoago— teacher
baba dauaga— father-in-law
baguugu— defecate
haangai— feed
kau\n— swim
gono gee— nausea
godaui— answer
goaa tubu— land full of coconut sprouts
athili— lightning
humalia goe— good morning
begedu— biclet
iwhi liboko— skull
tangadidan— angel
tenki\n— canal
tua weli— non-spiny urchins
dina— resemble, look like
tihna— stomach
dengedenge— knotty (wood), having many bumps (of a tree)
hale baguuguu— outhouse
daubugu— pubic area
tobo— to lick
gono baba— reef flat
laangi— day
tohora— whale
agaanga— coconut husk
tau iga— fish season
dudaginga— connection, joint
key— Key
dangin— today
wha— separated, be
haaliu— stage of a fully mature coconut
mounu— bait on fishing hook
manga— branch
niga— whirl; rotate
ngogo— zero
denge— bump on a tree trunk where a branch failed to sprout; knot in wood
diumata— rainbow
hagalangahia— recall
niu— coconut tree
Lui Waga Halau— name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon
dolu laangi— Wednesday
goloo daane— gear, tools
uhi— shark nostril
made— dead
tudae— excrement
togodoru— third
mekanek— emerald tree skink; Japanese/Pacific monitor
ahina hai daane— easily seduced woman
waka— canoe
madanga holu malima— fifteen
gahu ahina— dress
check— thunder clap noise
di lima— arm
lagau— tree
doudu— fish sp.: spiny puffer
tono niu— coconut stump
hoo huaidu— enemy
bunih gipen— very slow
tamada— shorts
hagadonu— translate; believe
dauduli— ear wax
bilau— to stink
akai— flower
luluhu— shake
hadukene— pallor
ngudu waka— front of the canoe
ala— awake, awaken
langai— day
wai mahana— coffee
haabula— to gape
monkii— monkey
golee— seeds; nut; pit
hedau— tree
tolo biti— white tern
kohala\n— A woven-Pandanus bed mat
tuahina ahina madua— elder sister
ngaao— meow
budehete— pocket
liba buawa— blue-spotted bristletooth
dongidongi\n— Peck
hagailoo— announce; notify
melenge— humphead parrotfish
hagalee hilihili— it doesn't matter which
togobinu— cockroach
tooume— coconut flower sheath
gili— skin, outer layer
roahi— a shorter piece of rope (shorter than hari)
tuii— stool used to open coconuts
hagapaa— to duck away from; to take shelter (e.g., from rain); to avoid
geingatolo— grass
delangahia— forget
laubab— Board
banuunu— basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle
hagalongo— to obey, to listen
gemu— nap
duu— belt
lamu gai dangada— mosquito
agogo— brilliant (used only with the color red)
galau— nylon on fishing line
dama gida— child born out of wedlock
dubua— jealous, be
tangada made— dead body
gabugabuwa— cloudy
binu— pandanus variety
loahi\n— road
laudiah— itch
ngaagau— rectum
humalia— good
e— ing
tiba— fraction
naa— knife used to extract a clam
uula— clawed lobster species
gubu— verse (of bible)
maroodingia— powerful
deledele— trawling
dangada hai mee— carpenter
hai bongo— giant guitarfish
metuigaulum— Needle for roof thatching
hagagidee— to show
hagamede— to kill
di waga hoou— new canoe
hagadaba— to count down (for a race)
aago— teach
dahi— hold
dua di iwi— back of the spine
hagahili— cure
kade— side of the canoe with the canoe
bono tai— door
lae— forehead
di big dene— this pig
dala— to comb one's hair; to cast a fishing line
hagaamoo— to bob up and down or from side to side
iwi— bone
weli— spiny urchin
togomoun— have hiccups

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