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hadahada— chest
gaulam— Roof thatching material
hhagi— confess
amaray— bow
boiboi— dumb
kioto moto— canoe part: false booms
haale— walk
hagaligiligi— to approach circumspectly; gingerly
eluli— black
hakura— marlin
beiuu— lovers, relationship of lovers
kobai llang— woven hat for fishermen (lit. hat-weave)
laudia— have itch
honu— deep
damagiigi— young
paraha— wide
u— eel trap
tolo— salt
tinae— belly
hala— sin
Ti Rongorongo— personal name of a Kapinga man who lived in the first half of the 20th century.
daa— cook (by underground oven)
nguu— cuttlefish
wakulu— breadfruit
Tagabiga— place name on Kapinga inner reef
humalia golua— Hello (to two)
koomol— fruit bat
buroko— poor
hagagalawa di ua— make the veins of the neck stick out (as when angry)
gaoeog— Chicken sound
hagahuaidu— insult
ingo— name
tebele— table
miami luada— have breakfast
Togo Modu— name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon
tangada madua— old person
bono— eel variety
matuwah\n— toes
ko ai— who
bouli— dark
maduke— Pacific reef heron
hau-gili-awa— eel
goaa dadaagala— playground
hagalawa— to finish up (e.g., work)
daladala— spider lily
hudi— pull
di u kiha— eel trap
ote humalia goe— good afternoon
dala hagi— diagonal strut
malaelae— open area around the house
hagaanga— to claim falsely, to incriminate, to appropriate
gaume— shark gill slits
mahuke— free
unga-hihi— mollusk sp.
hagahagaoho— scream periodically
goloo mai dai— European goods
hapia— canoe part: curved booms
paku— flat cakes (pandanus or breafruit)
gaugau ngahulu— wash hair
goneiga— meat, flesh
dagu— utter; call out
made— death
Hukuniu— an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)
haele— walk
nago— currently
hagailongo— record
bongo— poor quality fruit
deduu ahina— hen
malau dono— cheek of buttocks
hagaloho— give greetings
tanu— congested, tightly packed
barab— Crown of Thorns starfish
abaaba— fence, wall of a house
bula— glow
hakah— sharpen
ahina— woman
galabe— sea cucumber
uh mahn\n— bird beak
hagallapa— piece of a palm tree near the base
thuli— knee
gadagada gi— to laugh at
hugume— orangespine unicornfish
duaahina ahina— sister
iwi di wogowogo— rib
dane— ringworm
matadalima— scalloped hammerhead; Great Hammerhead
mono wae— Water tank
malala— embers
beere— bear
di tane gu madua— elder man
Turuaimu— an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)
hua dahili— to sing
uwwe— peel with knife
hokouru— shark
hagagoloo— accumulate goods
moea— zebra or leopard shark
hagabuu— to make a sound like that of a trumpet
dama donu— natural child
mha— clean
abu— hollow out
malama madangi— hurricane lantern
kii gii lala— lie (down)
au gaa hai— ill, become
tulutulu\n— post supporting a house
dama bouli— elf
lele\n— Run
habuihabula— multi-colored
maalei— arrow, bow and arrow
uu hakadali— box used for storing eels
igolo— there
hagalau— to make a total of a hundred
Hadu Gungu— place name on Kapinga inner reef
daman— big
dime hai wai— water still
balabala— grown soft
halahala— find
paa— carving or slapping
hagadoube— to swing something in one's hand
ibu mimi— kidney
donu— ok, righteous
daane dau aga— brother-in-law
hogoodo— prepared food
gimo— lizard
diaha— what
henua i lala— foreign lands; the earth; the world
waa daalunga— cemetery
hee— sweat
goaa hagamadagu— sacred place
dama madua— eldest child
aga— hound needlefish
golomada— eye
buti— cat
labia— sleek unicornfish
loa— rope
duludulu— house post
madania maduwa— thumb
laagau kolo ahi— fire making apparatus
walu— dogfish tuna
giligili— coral pebbles
hagahege— slacken a rope
bumatili— bamboo
tubu— coconut sprout; coconut apple
hata— canoe part: platform
hun— full (cup)
madanga holu madahi— eleven
gontu— mountain
tanu— coral grouper
eehmee— possible
ehe?— From where?
uu taa— fish trap which is submerged in water and left for a few days
gimoo— mouse; lizard
aalo— paddle
tuaimee— another
mangamanga— going any direction
gabi di dama— to carry baby on hip
tanu— to bury with earth or sand
bulewe— coral variety
taua— war
dagadaga— a coconut whose meat is dry without having been opened
tuli\n— knee
rakau pahi i ama hata— canoe part: platform stringer
gologolo— grass
Tirakau— an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)
hagadolu— make a total of three
hude wolo— don't shout
tai boko— low tide
benben— mahi mahi or common dolphinfish
ngaow— Meow
bagau— plane wing
goihoo\n— clam with channels in shell
Di Malua— place name on Kapinga outer reef
tuahina dane madua— elder brother
kahu\n— shirt
manu mamaangi— bird
hagahogoohi mai— becoming fewer and fewer
dangada mahi— champion
tamagigi ahine— teenage girl
lole— evil spirit
gelebek— bridled triggerfish; scribbled or scrawled triggerfish
halepame— shop
madu— common silver-biddy
dina— to resemble, to look like
oode— noo
hagamiami hagaheetugi— welcoming feast
dongo— punch
dangada hadu— statue
madu— coconut, ripe
hu— bullet parrotfish
hagabaalangi— to act like an American or European
kiwi— to sting from particle in one's eye
dime dela— thing there
tama— child
diak gido— drop
hagamaluu aga— continually visiting
daua— resentment
beau— wave
buhu— parrotfish species
bau— adequate, be
tu aidina— body
gidai— west, towards lagoon

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