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tahi— first, best
uaava— dock
mada ligiligi— having small eyes or holes
dao dahuuhuu— ridgepole (lower)
kaba donu— wait!
agau— reef (the portion which is sometimes under water)
daumada— stare at, observe closely
booboo mee— massage (as a medical treatment)
giado madua— main outrigger booms
danedanea— be covered with a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)
suugui— connect, join together
baba— be ready
hagahaahaanau— to help to deliver children on many occasions
hagadeegide— be blind
dogodogoisi— becoming fewer and fewer
gai boo— eat early in the morning
kaini gee— strange, odd, weird; different from normal
hevaalogi— the screaming of many people at the same time
sabalabala— always agreeing with
duudua— taro plot
laso paava— skinny (of people)
moosugia— ripened unevenly (of breadfruit only)
lango— a log used to protect the hull of a canoe when beaching it
duubulei— head of the penis
gaimee— eat (intransitive)
moogu— for me (inalienable)
bolo ange— bequeath
adamai gauligi— remember childhood experiences
hagaadamainga
noodagi— forbidden to use (esp. plants reserved for the owner's use by tying the trunk)
hagadaahoo— play
hholu— bend
mahuda age— wake up
boonei— fish sp., damselfish
baa hagasalau— make contact with while not aligned
hagaagilau
guumanga— arithmetic
hagamabulia— cause to rest, relax, quit (a job)
hagaada
hagaagilaunga
gulu koi— a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)
laulau— hundreds and hundreds
dua hagalalo— fishingline of a size appropriate for the angling, a method of fishing
hagangadi me— treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
ssii— a hissing sound, used to indicate disapproval (esp. to bothersome children, or to chase chickens)
hagadoopeva— play a trick on
holiholi— build (of a person); appearance (distinctive of an individual)
doga de manu— nesting of variation bird sp., booby
bei— be like, be the same as
hagaanu— cause to dance or sway
dalaa umada— prow spray of a ship
duu dalo— piece of soft taro
haaide— measure (exactly)
loange— go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
dau ama— the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
ma tuai— coconut grater blade
bangabanga— skinny, shrunken
i de boo— at night
hanage— go up
lodo basa— talkative
buli— grab up
hhali gee— scoop out
sugi— pierce (slightly), stab (lightly), lance (e.g., a boil)
iviivia— skinny, thin (person), emaciated
hhui mai tai— flow of the tide
ea age— stop swimming (and come up on land)
maidigi— August
hanga— coconut husker
gaimee i taiao— have breakfast
hinangalosaa iho— self-pity
pungu— plump (pl.)
hagaduu gaiaa— suspicious by nature
ua— neck
daumaha hagadaahao— social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
ua dodo— rain of a reddish color (an omen of death)
baabaa tugi lau— log on which the pandanus leaf is smashed
duasala— hardship, difficulty
denei au— it is I
ngudu leia— be the object of continual gossip
maasanga— twin
sae mai— break through the bush (toward one)
hagaamua— accord honor to
boo adu laa— day after tomorrow at night
dahi— a stroking motion with something in the hand; shave, sweep, brush off (once)
io— a quarter of the body of a tuna when it is cut lengthwise
nebu ange— to perceive that others are occupied
loa— ant
dabui— to splash water on something with the hand
lui— the water which has accumulated in a canoe
nngahu— fish sp.: damselfish
ana— his/her (for plural, alienable noun)
sao— get out from or through, escape
hiloa— fish sp.
madaa duge— the tip of a duge
hagaaoa— cause to bear misshapen fruit (e.g., by not picking in bunches)
sagulaa-saamono— fish sp.: type of sailfish or marlin
moni lele— airplane
malu gohu— becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)
loselose-uli— fish sp.: trumpetfish
alava— fish sp.: shark sp.
gaugau dalinga— exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
gatae— fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)
manu— March (month)
tigi velo ono aga— not firmly situated or settled, unsettled conditions
hagaagoagoa
malo gulu— barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit
hagaaboabolia
niho vaiuu— milk teeth, deciduous teeth
mahidi— separated from and curled up from
hagaageagelinga
duu uli— sea cucumber species
biigi haahine— sow
hai me hebagi— be on the point of fighting
denga mee laa— those ones over there (plural)
dulagi ange— look like
hagangadimee— mean; inconsiderate
buubuua— to divine (for omens)
vaivai dagodo— evil, unscrupulous, immoral
mahole— peeled (a great amount having been taken off)
hagaoanga gi lunga— good wages; a good price
segesege— slippery
lagolagohia— wounded in several places or all over
vilidogi— chatterbox, a person who speaks fast
dala— tame (sing.); not be timid or uneasy in another's presence (sing.)
mammamu— fish (generic term; children��s speech only)
se mee be hee— extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)
au dili uda— an ocean current flowing toward land
malenalena— stretchable
ngadi humai— come without bringing anything (such as gifts)
suugulu— learn
hagadau— each other
biia— get wet
deai se laangi— never
mangoo-senga— fish sp.: shark sp.
dogai— transverse tie beam
gauna— invite
dau mamu— the season in which fish are abundant
madohi— middle (of something long and thin), halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
gini— pick with one's fingers; to pinch off, or pinch and pull at the same time
haiava— road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner
odi iho— just finished
dama doe— the fourth child born to a couple
gai ngole— wasteful, improvident
hagallongo— hear, listen
tagi gee— tow away
hili— the name of a name-group
de hine hagahaanau— midwife
magi libolibo— dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
tamana o dogu damana— paternal grandfather
datada— to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
hanu— have
damaahine— daughters
moe danuaa— die in peace
hagaadumuaanga
hegai— eat ravenously
uaua— crave (for food)
teve de gili— gooseflesh
vai daane— semen
dongi— a spot (e.g., on the skin); point at; peck at; a method of fishing for flying fish in which torches are extinguished on alternate legs of the canoe track
hale suunugi— a house with eaves touching the ground
manu de henua— Nukuoro varieties of swamp taro (cyrtosperma)
dauoni-baabaa— fish sp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
hagaboongia— remain somewhere until dark
bapabu— the staccato sound of one hard object being struck against another
hagasii lolo— wheel
dau age de inai— be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
daagami— bodyguard, soldier
tangi— make noise (as an individual)
huaahenua— community
sele— trap, lasso, noose; to catch with a lasso or noose
hagauda i tege— carry a basket, etc., on one's hip
hagamade— do as hard as fast as possible
buugani— be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
seisei— fish sp.: pipefish
dua dama— the pallor of a female following childbirth
madamada o dangada— in public
mada— uncooked, raw
Seedaa— October
ngadi diinonga— pagan gods, idols
anailaa laa— it was today that
vvela de aloha— feel very sorry for
anaa maa— those were about (approximately)
dami— close one's jaws; closing of the two halves of a clam shell
hagasiva— make a total of nine
manu-de-laama— any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
be hia— how many (according to someone)
delaa muhuu— how about that one there
modu gee— cut away from; separated from
molimoli taula— to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
sina— white or grey hair (appearing in old age)
libo— turn end over end; turn in place (of a person)
dee hemuu— not on speaking terms
hagasaalunga de lungi— a member of the Christian Endeavor Society
bagi— gun or any other weapon of similar nature
ngole— use up, use unwisely (not saving some for later), waste
buada— sling
daava— brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
honu tolo— a turtle of the largest size
manu-de-hala— insect sp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
laussoe— having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)

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