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kaiaha— why not?
hagallebe— flag
lodo dane— husband
hekehek— skinny
midhi— dream
baahi gau domu— right side
tangada huwa dahili— singer
gahala kene— white mat (plaited with bleached leaves)
gaaniu koi— grated coconut flesh
hiwahiwa\n— fish fin
gaa— sharp
niapu— cigarette smoke and ink
dongodongo— boxing or fighting
weli— sea urchin
genu hoe— flange on a paddle shift
belangi— black-spot tang
buna— slow
rice mada\n— uncooked rice
au nebele— I am supposed to
deegira— impossible
madaagi— shoot or throw at a target
hagabae— pile up
tulu— to leak
buubuu— sorcerize
oho— string or line of a fishing rod
dinana donu— natural mother
libaliba— drunk, get
hai— do
hagaaloho— greeting; to feel sorrow
hila— glance; look after
hagagouwa— pout
hagadaha— splash
hagadali— to procrastinate, to delay; attract (people in order to make them come)
hadu— stone
manamanawa— throb
hagalongo— obey
bugu lima— wrist bone
teluakalakala— Skirt
goaa abidia— crowded place
hain— sunny
gimobuti— rat
diagi dii boo— pass the night
laubele— vitamin filled leaf used in cooking
gunga— section
hale daane— men's house
hulu— number
kairu— frog
madawa madua— toe
Tiahu— an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)
geer— fence
bulubulu— embrace
gondu— mountain
haa— fill
gonodee— soft wood under bark
metu kipu\n— a wooden holder for shells, used for boring holes in shells
mala— wahoo
kabua\n— cloud
hagaalu— be exactly on time
niah biiki— tusk
hagadee— prepared food: cooked casserole in a green coconut shell consisting of breadfruit or taro with grated coconut flesh
hiiahi— evening
hongi— smell
maduu— mature coconut
goaa— plot of land; area, place; time
dahi— shave, cut hair
gaahiga— coral formation
hagalolo— to put coconut cream into (e.g., food)
buna— bubble; glass float; balloon
gataha— great frigate bird
gada— basket
udongi— buoy, glass float
aalu— to aim at
daamoo— banana
kailu— cane toad
hoho lo— very near
handunga— color of (something); variety
hagadili— garden
angoli gilala— bottom fishing
homouli— frightened
tabatab— slipper lobster species
tolole— tongue
nia laang huogodoo— every day
gai— eat
midi— dream
atee— coral head at the surface of the water
uwha— rain
iwi di gaba— pelvic bone
lamu gai todo— mosquito
ubenge— hammock
tai hono— high tide
hagula— blue marlin
kalati mataata— mirror
niu aa— coconut tree always bearing abnormal fruit
turi— small
bii— bee
tak\n— rubbing
hagakala— put on perfume
kono kuru— breadfruit flesh
me hagaangiangi— fan
todo— blood
kerekere— sand
hauihau— lionfish in general; red lionfish
madangi— wind
hana kii— go to sleep
tuahina ahina dauaga— sister-in-law
ganiha— gums of the mouth
ngeia\n— west
goneiga lala— smoked fish
una— scutes of a turtle
haabini— to coil, e.g. a pandanus leaf
tuli— knee
Tipae— an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)
madang— beautiful
hale hai magi— hospital
talahagi— support/border of table that holds legs together
lilil— sigh
Di Ahi Gaa— place name on Kapinga inner reef
angiangi— windy
maadau— fish hook; jack in playing cards
taalo mangamanga— a three pronged fishing spear
dalahi— piece of, chip of
gelu— Vlaming's unicorn fish
ili— blow
hagahaula— to allow to burn
hagaalahia— insomnia
galiha— skink lizard
manumanu— insect
mimu— urine
diga— turn
hagadogolege— uncouth; delinquent; coitus
dama lam gai todo— mosquito larva
gaba— hip
hai hagallop— manta ray
gaga— whimbrel
tangitangi hekai— hungry whine
habini— to flip over, as in a somersault
gee— Hawksbill sea turtle
tolu hale— red-breasted wrasse
dii— shine (sun)
emu— rippled triggerfish; yellowmargin triggerfish; titan triggerfish
moana— deep ocean
mala ngudu— lips
uka— fishing line
gee— turtle
hagababaulia— to measure out, allot
bokuwah\n— ankle
koia— precisely, exactly, the very one
ruwaruwa— vomit
tangada daumaha— priest
mhada— see
kaa— rough surface
akai modo— unopened flower
hadule— end piece of canoe, attached to both bow and stern
ngudu— shark mouth
rice mmoo\n— cooked rice
hagadubedube— stumble
tiga bala— soft stools (e.g., a baby), also used as an insult
e made— die
ikoro waikoro— remain
oho— break
madanga holu mahiwa— nineteen
lahongo— seat
daledale— cough
hagahaa— to make a total of four
bongo— to lick one's finger
mee dugu bou— hole for the mast
houlung— rudder paddle
hagahinga— to fell (e.g., a tree)
gaga— climb
harangin— have diarrhea
tau magamaga— famine
biiki ahin— sow
hiimada— eyebrow
puraka— taro
habula— to glow with phosphorescene
bugudee— Venus (star)
ote— noon
oho— break
llongo aadee— night procession of ghosts
modoholo— night fishing on the reef using using torches
ihlo— know
loahi— string, twine
di manawa e dahi— unanimous
bugu— to bulge, a bulge, joints of ankle, wrist, fingers and toes
diala iki to— noise of dropping something
papa\n— noise of multiple claps
touhou— place name: heavily populated central islet
ede gia— white-tailed tropicbird
hagallogo— chant (spoken rapidly) dedicated to any person whom the singer names at the end
dangada— people
heegau— errand; message
huaidu— bad
guriin— green
mhada— watch
maaru— I'm full
dohom— firewood
heebagi— fight
gada wae— thigh
buraun— brown
hai manu— spotted eagle ray

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