suffix with passive, transitivizing, and multiplicative meanings, in close juncture

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path, trail, track, road, street; doorway, door; way, method

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general name for flat fishes: flounders, soles, etc.

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storm

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fire

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late afternoon and evening until about 10 or 11; to be such time

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cord, line, thong, string; be on a line or string, as fish; to troll or fish with line on the reef

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common anaphoric particle usually closing a verb phrase and liking it to a preceding noun, often with meaning there, thereby, thus, at, in, it, him, her

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interrogative pronoun, who?

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root

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a bush vine, Pueraria triloba (Lour.) Makina, with long roots eaten baked or roasted during food shortages

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teacher; religious instructor; to teach

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outrigger float; side of a canoe with the float; port hull of a double canoe in which the captain does not sit; log to be made into a float

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nest of white grubs, the grubs (sometimes fed to chickens); termite nest, the termites

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to be many #ane; moth-eaten

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ten

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ten

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to blow, of wind; be breeze-swept, windy

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to blow, of wind; to stir; breezy or windy spot

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blow, as wind; be breeze-swept, windy, blown upon; be blown away

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turmeric plant: Curcuma longa

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fish gills

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possessive (#a-class, plural possessed objects). Ours, of ours (dual, inclusive)

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common directional particle indicating distance away from

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directional particle indicating distance away from speaker and addressee

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tattooing needle, with a point made of ibis (#taghoa) or chicken bone

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eight

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water (usually fresh, although salt water found inland may be called #bai, as may the lake in the center of Rennell Island); juice, sauce, liquid

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coconut-shell bottle

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canoe; vehicle or receptacle of any kind (bicycle, airplane, automobile, truck, tractor, train, tramway); crew or passengers in a vehicle; log or tree to be made into a canoe

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forest, forest area; deeply forested

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far, deep ocean

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leg, foot; lower edge of a seine where stone weights are fastened; tire or wheel, as of a car or bicycle

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preposed numeral marker

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sail

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large

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web, as of spider; a spider, probably Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer)

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to smoke, as fish on a fire; to warm, as hands on a fire

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below, under, underneath, alongside; bottom; west, western; to go down or westward; below in rank

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a fungus disease that kills trees; a skin disease known in the Solomons as #bakua, named for the fungus

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to step; to move, as to another district

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to step; to move, as to another district

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to step or move on, as with long steps; to step off, as to measure

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to step and fall, as of an infant learning to walk; to tumble; an age classification for infants

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crossing, as of a street; bridge

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the west or southwest wind; to blow, of this wind

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long torch made of dried coconut leaves

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kind of tree (Aglaia sapindina) with inedible berries; its light-weight pink wood, split and dried, is used for torches, mallets, and formerly for handles of tattooing needles

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lake; fetal water

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to be full of liquid, as the stomach; to be rich and oily, as with coconut oil; to be saturated; to rise, as tide

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to be full of liquid; to be quenched, as thirst, or satisfied with food

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sky, heaven

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housefly

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a kind of common branching coral in the sea, Hexacorallia, not ashore

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scrotum

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to be tame, unafraid, as a pet or child

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leaf; bark, as of hibiscus or Gnetum latifolium; count with classifier

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to have many branches

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general name for any kind of log, stick, or plant (tree, bush, shrub); canoe log; shark tail; fighting club

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general name for any kind of log, stick, or plant (tree, bush, shrub); canoe log; shark tail; fighting club

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sacred staff of a priest, scepter

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to jump, fly, leap, swing; a sling, swing

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to hop, bounce

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voice, sound; noise; pronunciation; accent

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to be small (of plural objects)

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to pour, as in or out; to flow, of tears (poetic)

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to be small

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to be small

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five

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kinds of seaweed, some being eaten

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to break, fold

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to fold, as a mat, tapa, net, clothes, paper; to break, as a wave

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ant

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old, long ago; common, often, again and again, already

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a while ago

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fathoms of line or distances; to be such

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to press a little

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to massage, press repeatedly

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news, report, message, account, story, fame, reputation, invitation, messenger; to hear, listen, feel, taste, to go in order to hear, as news

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to be irritated by noise; to be nervous, nerve-racking (of noise)

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interior, thought, intelligence

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inside, interior, center; lagoon inside the reef; thought, intelligence; to think, want, desire

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two; second; twice

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to throw up, vomit, emit sexually, have an orgasm

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double canoe, with hulls connected by booms; no longer made after 1938

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to be second; two

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calm, sheltered, to leeward

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barn owl, Tylo alba

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barn owl, Tyto alba; formerly considered the embodiment of nonworshipped gods and not eaten, believed hostile and harmful

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four

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to tame

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to give to swallow; to force to swallow

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to be partially cooked; raw

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to take to urinate, as a child

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to take aboard or into a car; to yield well, as a harvest

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pandanus, of great value for thatch and mats

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slanting, leaning, bent; lean against

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a slice, cut off, sever, split; to crack, as a coconut

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woman; female; to be feminine

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outside

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general for rays and skate-like fishes

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classificatory father in relation to his children; to be such

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causative prefix (meanings are usually causative or transitive, but sometimes similitude)

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take food on a trail, as to a ritual feast; the food so taken

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to have a float; to serve as a float

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eighth, eight times; to do eight times; a month name, about August; to be such

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to fill with liquid

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to put up a flat ceiling

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to do five times; the third and 17th nights of the moon

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to hear, listen, obey, feel, taste

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to do twice; to cook over, or for a second time; to cut into two; dissection

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protect; seek shelter; blocked, closed, shut off

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do four times; second and sixteenth nights of the month

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recook or warm over

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how many times?, what day of the lunar month?, how many thatch panels

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wrap, lash, plait, as dolls for #kuba (magic)

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to do seven times; the 5th and 19th nights of the moon; to be a month of the year, from June to July; this month

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to press into shape, as turmeric

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to lower, drop; to request peace ceremonially, as by presenting a gift; to exorcise, as the forest deity Mata’u, from a newly cut canoe log

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to enlarge, as a hole in the ear

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to attach booms

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to point out, show

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shelter, protector, protection, cover; to find shelter; to cover, as a canoe, to protect from the sun

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to dry, as tears, to empty

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to cause sickness

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to look at, visualize

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to frighten, scare; to be amazing, terrifying, dangerous, surprising

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commit suicide or attempt to

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make a fringe; be fringed, as a mat; saw (tool); to saw

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to eat a great deal, overeat

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do six times

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to stay with or near; to put in with or alongside, add

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collect, assemble, gather together (as people)

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to complain, as of stinginess

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to stand or sit with legs spread (improper for women): to bend

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protect, remove from danger, safeguard, save

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to bring to an end; to add, as a final verse to a song

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to place with, as part of an offering

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to complain; to feel bitter, peeved, or angry; to tease, torment; a type of chant or lament, formerly popular

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to make taboo; to dedicate, as a church

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to do three times, third; 15th night of the moon; to be this night

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to approve, agree; to be clear, understandable; to conduct a temple ritual

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to make a sprout or life principle thrive

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to raise, lift up, elevate

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be in a line or row, or in succession

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shoot, as arrow, spear gun, gun, rocket, slingshot

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go (sg.); depending on, according to; on and on; little by little; one by one

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platform, canoe platform, perch, shelf; raised floors of present-day houses; the ancient traditional house and its platform; perch formerly used in netting doves

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stone, rock, coral, any hard metal; seed; pandanus key; fighting club with a stone head

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stony, rocky

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a tree: Hibiscus tiliaceus L. The fibre is used for rope, and the wood (on Bellona) for house posts

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stalk, as of taro, banana, papaya; stem, as of flowers

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to take, capture, snatch, rob

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cracked

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chisel; to chisel; holes for lashings in a canoe

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to tie, lash, as sennit

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indefinite article: a, an, any

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common affix indicating reciprocal or plural action

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which?, what?, where?

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to have side-by-side canoe floats

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be congenial, accustomed to one another

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to pour back and forth

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land, as opposed to water; island; unknown land (poetic); people of the land; afterbirth

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winding, branching, as a crooked path

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a large tree, Calophyllum inophyllum L., used for canoes, bowls, curved house rafters, slit drums; its roots used for fishhooks; its flowers as adornments

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star, constellation

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how many?, how much?

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to braid, lash, twist; construct, build a nest

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to choose, select, vote; to be choosy, selective

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to braid, lash, twist; to construct, build a nest

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choice, selection, preference; plants selected for planting

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to coil, braid; to mix, as food, or as persons with others unlike himself

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to mix, connect; be mixed (as a person's ancestry); area between shallow and deep blue sea

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vagina

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leap about, squirm, wiggle; to flap, as caught fish, spring up and down

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Jew's harp

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the defecating place (usually for males)

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to jump rope, usually with the #bae vine or #ue rattan cane; to jump

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seven, seventh, seven times

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seventy

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to crack, as nuts of #tagie (Terminalia) or #baga (Barringtonia) trees; to cut or lacerate the forehead, as with axe, stone, or knife in mourning; to break or hatch, as an egg; to bump, as the head; to smash; to drive fish into a seine, as by beating the sea with sticks or by throwing stones

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to split, as wood

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paddle; to paddle (less common than #áago); to follow, as a leader, or as a small fish after a large fish; chase after

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to paddle; to accompany

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to spread, as mats; dub evenly, as the surface of a canoe log before final deepening

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be spread

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swallow whole without chewing; take bait; swallowed thing

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to swallow whole without chewing; to take bait; swallowed thing

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rituals; priest-chiefs performing these rituals; sorcery

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to be full of liquid; to be flooded or full of puddles; to rise, of the tide; to be juicy, as a fruit or shredded coconut; to be watery, as some rice; to be shipping water, as a canoe

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green turtle, Chelonia mydas; formerly considered the gift (#tonu) of Tehainga’atua (one of the most important sky gods), and offered as #angatonu (food offering). The #honu was believed to have been first a culture hero (#kakai) and now is considered a fish (#kaui, #ika)

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barb, as on a sting ray's tail; thorn, spur; sharp fin, as of certain fish; spine, as of sea urchin; prickly root hairs, as of some yams; weapon of protection, as club, axe, sacred object (#masahu); prong, as on a spear; horn of a goat; be armed or protected

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barb, as on a stingray’s tail; thorn, spur; sharp fin, as of certain fish, spine, as of sea urchin

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barbed, thorny, bony, rough-skinned; to have spines, thorns; thorn, barb

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new, fresh; recently, for the first time

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fruit, nut, seed, bulbil, berry; egg, as of bird or fish; ear, as of corn; to have fruits, nuts, berries; to have or lay eggs; size, shape; to be of a size; counting classifier for coconuts and round objects; song; to sing a song; counting classifier for coconuts and round objects

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song; sing a song

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cartridge, bullet (lit. 'traveling fruit')

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beach creeper: Ipomoea pes-caprae

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push, shove, roll, throw, hurl, turn over; to drop, as heavy objects

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turn over, roll; put down, as a burden

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body hair, feathers, fur; prickly root hairs, as of some yams; spikes, as of the sea urchin; nail; to anoint or rub, as with perfume, vasoline, or turmeric; to dye, as hair

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hairy; to grow, as hair or feathers; be tattered, as an unfinished mat; have spines, as a balloon fish

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swell up, be swollen (as face, eye with epicanthic fold)

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to swell up, be swollen (as face or eyes)

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to pull, as on a fishing line; catch a fish on a line

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pull one another

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bunch or cluster, as of Barringtonia nuts or Pandanus keys; string, as of fish; fruit, as of pandanus

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to open, as an oven; to dig out, as a canoe log

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son-in-law, daughter-in-law (classificatory daughter's husband, classificatory son's wife, brother's daughter's husband, brother's son's wife, sister's son's wife)

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husband's parents, wife's parents, husband's parents' classificatory siblings, wife's parents' classificatory siblings, father-in-law, mother-in-law

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pull out, pluck, pick; to pull, as taro leaves or gray hairs

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banana or plantain (either a single fruit or a bunch)

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a large tree, Barringtonia asiatic (L.) Kurz; fish and baked or boiled greens are wrapped in its leaves. Leaves are also heated and rubbed on sores such as are due to yaws or tinea. Tapa was made from the bark. Certain kinds of Barringtonia, papaya, and betel are named for the tree because of a resemblance to the fruits

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diminutive of #hu-huʔi; to dip, as into water

Elbert 1975

locative and temporal preposition: in, at, on, from, when, while

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causative, instrumental, locative, ablative, and temporal preposition, and causative conjunction

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causative

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passive or transitive suffix

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3sg.

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demonstrative: this, that, there, another, different

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bone; hard core, as of wood

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fan, as of coconut leaves; to fan

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to complete final polishing of a canoe

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look, esp. at a reflection

Elbert 1975

directional particle and verb: downward, seaward; northward or westward; to go or come fishing (since this is always downward); to have an incline (as the sun dropping in the west)

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fish, turtle

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to scoop, scrape, as coconut meat from a shell

Elbert 1975

nose, beak, swelling on top of beak of doves; axe handle top, beneath the butt end of the blade

Elbert 1975

to eat, be eaten; to erode, as a sore; to smoke, as tobacco; food (rare)

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scrotum eater (a curse)

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to escort, accompany, take, as in a canoe; to be escorted, taken; to continue, go on

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core of wood; to have a core

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to swim

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kernel, as of a nut; flesh, as of a coconut, fish, or bivalve; genitalia, labia

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〈gloss〉

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vagina

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penis

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flippers, as of turtle, stingray, whale; base of fish fins

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to be caught, stuck, enmeshed, as a snake in a tight place; to be pressed close, as in a crowd

Elbert 1975

vertical rafters of a house to which thatch panels are bound

Elbert 1975

kind of reed or small tree, Amaranthus sp.

Elbert 1975

frigate bird or least man-o’-war bird: Fregata ariel ariel Gray, appreciated as food, formerly believed the embodiment of Tehainga’atua (one of the most prominent sky gods), and his offspring

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small turtles

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to flash, as lightning, a bright light or fast-moving paddles

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varied, strange; unprincipled, uninvited, deceitful

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be different, opposite, varied

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difference, opposite; be different

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common object and locative (place to) preposition emphasizing distance: at, to, as far as, belonging to, destined for, of

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object and locative (place to) preposition emphasizing distance: at, to, as far as, belonging to, destined for, of

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outrigger boom

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be pulled back, of the foreskin; be clearly seen, in plain sight; to look (said when angry)

Elbert 1975

skin, bark, peel; cover, covering; leather; feather; color; to have as skin; to be born as

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we, us (plural, inclusive)

Elbert 1975

to look, see, find

Elbert 1975

to be discovered, seen, found

Elbert 1975

you (sg.)

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to darken wood (as spears) or bleach hair with grated #guna (Morinda) root and coral lime; to dye red, as hair

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clasp firmly

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to clasp firmly; to hold, as in the mouth; to close, as sides of a Tridacna; to insert in a small opening

Elbert 1975

digging stick; pickaxe

Elbert 1975

to be reddish, as breast of the fruit dove

Elbert 1975

louse, bird louse, mite, leech, tiny insects of various kinds, Mallophaga

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be lousy, infested with lice

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be lousy, infested with lice

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a large leech (‘red leech’)

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comitative preposition: with, and, for, in behalf of

Elbert 1975

to be fairly light, as at twilight

Elbert 1975

to put on or wear, as a sarong; sarong

Elbert 1975

shade, shelter, protection; to shade, shelter, protect

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shade, shelter, protection, fine looks, splendor; to shade, shelter, protect, cover

Elbert 1975

handsome woman, female beauty

Elbert 1975

directional particle and verb indicating direction towards the speaker; this way, here; me, us; give me; look here; preposition, from

Elbert 1975

to chew without swallowing, as mothers do for infants; matter so masticated, as betel; to be soft, as wood

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fat, as fish or fowl

Elbert 1975

to thunder (poetic)

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abdomen, navel, navel cord; breath; fontanel (rare); center of emotions; to breathe; to answer calls of nature; to derive life or substance

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to hold one’s breath a long time; to hold a breath-holding contest, either on land or under water, as done by children

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temple (above cheeks)

Elbert 1975

young edible ghaapoli (Ficus) shoots

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branch; to branch

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to be empty or nearly empty of liquid; to be shallow or low, as the tide

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sickness; sick person, patient; to be sick

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rascal, scamp, nasty supernatural

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woman’s monthly period; to have such a period (lit. ‘dirty sickness’)

Elbert 1975

pudding, as of taro, bananas or geemugi (tree with fruits that are pounded into pudding, with a nutritional oil that may last five years; the seeds are also eaten)

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eye, face (with pl.); tears (poetic); to look at, watch, spy on; tiny aperture or hole, as in the top of a can; coconut eye or end of coconut containing eyes; ‘closure’ or lid of a shell; mesh; drop, as of rain; head of a boil; lid, top, as of a bottle; sharp point, as on a rock; blade, as of adze or axe; top or cap, as of a tuber (taro, giant taro)

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net mesh

Elbert 1975

end of a coconut with the eyes

Elbert 1975

adze blade; mark made by cutting with an adze

Elbert 1975

nipple, teat

Elbert 1975

Pleiades

Elbert 1975

openings along canoe gunwales through which thwarts and gunwale poles are lashed

Elbert 1975

to be afraid, cowardly; to fear

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to be afraid, cowardly

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to be dangerous, feared

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to look at or for

Elbert 1975

East, eastern; position of the wind, wind, weather

Elbert 1975

closure of an #ʔagigi shell, cat’s eye

Elbert 1975

hammerhead shark (‘eye of ears’)

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raindrop

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dead, dying, unconscious, faint, exhausted, paralyzed; be low tide; be killed or dead, as an engine; be extinguished or out, as a fire; to have stopped, as a clock; to be the dark of the moon; death, sorrow, sound of weeping (poetic)

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weak, exhausted, as from sickness or grief; be nearly out, as a fire

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death

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kind of vine, Hoya sp., with thick leaves that are heated and placed on sores

Elbert 1975

husband, family head, landholder, worshipper, especially the priest-chief; to be or grow old; to be or become mature, as fruit fully formed but not ripe

Elbert 1975

to act as head of household or a group of travellers

Elbert 1975

to float, drift, soar; to leap, as in a dance

Elbert 1975

life principle or spark; way of life; life, soul, skull, fontanel; be alive, brought back to life, cured, healed, in good health; grow well or thrive

Elbert 1975

be red or reddish; be very angry

Elbert 1975

to flush, as with anger

Elbert 1975

to urinate, piss

Elbert 1975

to sip

Elbert 1975

to be fat, as fish or animals; greasy

Elbert 1975

to break, sever

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reef rock island (#hatu = ‘stone’)

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follow, be or go behind or after; rear end, esp. lower or western end

Elbert 1975

heel

Elbert 1975

general name for sergeant majors and pullers (damsel fish), e.g. six-banded sergeant major, Abedefduf curacao (Bloch)

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front, before; those before, ancestors, predecessors; first, to be first, ahead; to go ahead or first

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mosquito

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tooth

Elbert 1975

shark tooth razor (a shark tooth was lashed by hibiscus fiber to a twig, and one man shaved another with a rapid downward stroke)

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the coconut tree, Cocos nucifera; libations of fresh water or water squeezed from a banana stalk … and poured ceremonially from a coconut shell with ritual formulas, so as to cure sickness or cleanse a garden of evil gods

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resting place, home, grave, residence, chair, pew; staying

Elbert 1975

kind of small fly, as on rotten bananas

Elbert 1975

wave; to form waves

Elbert 1975

to measure distance in approximate fathoms (distance between fingertips, arms extended)

Elbert 1975

Pacific boa: Enygrus carinatus (Schneider); general name for snakes, loathed and considered the embodient of non-worshipped deities

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to chew, as pandanus, sugarcane, betel husks; to bite

Elbert 1975

to peep, squeak, squeal; be hoarse

Elbert 1975

speak quietly, hum

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mouth, beak, breath

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to be heard of; to spread, as news or fame

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side of a trail, roadside

Elbert 1975

speak quietly; hum

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mountain, hill, slope

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possessive (o-class, pl. possessed objects), his, her, its

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a tree, Cananga odorata, with white trunk and large buttresses

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six

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hunger

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be hungry

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famine time; to be short of food, starving

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to be few people, not enough to carry out a ritual (poetic)

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possessive (o-class, redup.), one or some of yours (sg.)

Elbert 1975

kind of wild yam

Elbert 1975

kind of surgeonfish, perhaps ring-tail surgeonfish: Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes

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to scrape, as with a shell away from oneself; to scratch

Elbert 1975

blue-finned triggerfish

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to be crusted over, but still sore, of a boil or cut

Elbert 1975

to anoint, as the head with turmeric

Elbert 1975

sounding board, beater of the #papa, dancer to the #papa; to be flat, flattened; to flatten

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to be flat, flattened; to flatten

Elbert 1975

to fold, as a loincloth about oneself; to wrap, as in a folded package; to wear, as a loincloth; to turn over

Elbert 1975

flying fox: Pteropus tonganus geddei MacGillivray. Formerly important for teeth and food, and for the sport of snaring

Elbert 1975

glossy swiftlet: Collocalia esculenta desiderata Mayr, Wolff; to go fast here and there

Elbert 1975

shell, as of Tridacna; hard inedible part of a key, as of pandanus; bone

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butterflies, moths

Elbert 1975

grease of turtle (poetic)

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grease of turtle (poetic)

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be defiled, as with excrement; be mucus-laden, as penis or vagina; filth, excreta

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be defiled, as with excrement; be mucus-laden, as penis or vagina; filth, excreta

Elbert 1975

to stick, touch, climb, embrace, remain fast

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bent

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to be bent

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bent (diminutive)

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lucines (circular bivalves); a common kind is used as a scraper, but is not eaten

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be drenched, soaked; to wet, soak, splash; receive a spurt of liquid, as lime juice in the eye; to cry, of eyes filled with onion scent

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be drenched, soaked; to wet, soak, splash; receive a spurt of a liquid, as lime juice in the eye

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to splash, to wet, stir up, as waves

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navel, umbilical cord

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some species of surgeonfish and tangs

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be overtaken by night; become night

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rotten, as wood or teeth

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be tired or bored, as with work or eating the same thing, esp. oily food

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betel nut: Areca catechu L.; bud, papaya flower; tip, as of a spear; to bud

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a tree with fragrant flowers used in leis; its leaves and flowers resemble those of the plumeria

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a tree that sometimes grows on #hetaʔu trees; its fragrant flowers are used in leis; its leaves and flowers resemble those of plumeria

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bud; papaya flower

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a large tree: Guettarda speciosa L.

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plant with small yellow flowers: Fagraea berteriana

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to shine, as a lantern

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to shine, make a faint light

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cowries, including American and Indo-Pacific ones; spotted, dotted, or checkered, esp. with large multi-colored spots

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resin as used for tattooing or torches; candle, torch; glow, as of sunset

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to be ordered, invoked, requested; to order, request

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knot, as in a tree

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general name for Moorish idols, batfish, and some high, flat coral fish with extended fins, e.g. Moorish idol, Zanctus canescens (L.), round-faced batfish, Platax teira (Forskal); pennant coral fish, Heniochus acuminatus (L.). Puna were considered sisters of Ekeitehua (great district god of the Iho clan) and were taboo to members of the Taupongi clan

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general name for Moorish idols, batfish, and some high, flat coral fish with extended fins, e.g. Moorish idol, Zanctus canescens (L.), round-faced batfish, Platax teira (Forskal); pennant coral fish, Heniochus acuminatus (L.). Puna were considered sisters of Ekeitehua (great district god of the Iho clan) and were taboo to members of the Taupongi clan

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general name for flat or round sharp coral

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to blow, as a flute or as the wind; to blow out

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in close proximity (as coconut trees)

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a common sea urchin with white tendrils, rarely eaten

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to tear; to strip, as bark; to split, as a torch

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to be mistaken, incorrect; to err

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to drip, flow, as water or blood; to cause to fill with water; to place to catch rain water

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safe, healthy, well, unhurt

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escape, as from war or sickness

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bone, esp. leg bone

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to catch, as a ball or wave

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tail of animal or fish, but not of a bird; end, as of a word, or of the Lake; ending, suffix, sequel; to end, form a tail or end

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edible Nerita shells, found on the reef edge

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to slice, as meat, papayas, bread; to flay, as human skin to get bones for spear or arrow points; to pry off, as bark with a stick for tapa

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companion; to act as companion

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to punch, hit, spear, inject, knock holes in, pierce; to bore, as a termite; to knock from a tree, as coconuts or papayas; to touch a person lightly with the fingers, perhaps as a sexual invitation; to plant, as bananas

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ceremonial paddle with a wide blade

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insert, as a flower in the hair, a fan in the back, a stick in thatch; go or fall down; set, as the sun

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to plant, as seeds, or cuttings; to set a stake in the earth, as to hold the sounding board; to insert, as a spear; to sting, as a bee; to pierce, puncture, as a sea urchin, balloon fish, or spear; to swoop down or claw, as a hawk; to snatch in its talons, as an osprey

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to plant, as seeds, or cuttings; to set a stake in the earth, as to hold the sounding board; to insert, as a spear; to sting, as a bee; to pierce, puncture, as a sea urchin, balloon fish or spear; to swoop down or claw, as a hawk; to snatch in its talons, as an osprey

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to plant, as seeds or cuttings; to set a stake in the earth, as to hold the sounding board; to insert, as a spear; to sting, as a bee; to pierce, puncture, as a sea urchin, baloon fish or spear; to swoop down or claw, as a hawk

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to set up, as by tamping; to put in place

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to lash (general term, as rattan cane or sennit; general name for triggerfish

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to be wet, damp, moist (as fleshy food; contrasting with vegetables)

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to hit, strike, cut, kill, murder; tattoo; to carve or make, as a canoe; to tap, as to soften #bii fruit; to strike, as birds dive down for fish; to beat, as the sounding board; to net, as flying fish; to scoop up, as swarms of ... fish in seine or net

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inclusive (first person dual pronouns and possessives)

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sennit noose for snaring sharks

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to wait

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a tree with edible nuts: Terminalia catappa L.

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a land crab: Cardisoma hirtipes Dana

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ear; side fins of fish, whale flippers; to hear, lend ear, listen

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to wait

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taro, Colocasia esculenta (one of the most important foods, the gift of the god Tupuimatangi)

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to float, drift; current, especially where offshore waves meet sea waves; to have blood in saliva, especially of persons with tuberculosis

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to soar

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bleeding in saliva

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ocean, lake, salt water; seafood (poetic)

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brackish sea water, especially the Lake 〈in the middle of Rennell〉

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my, mine

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a very rare kind of porpoise or fish,

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classificatory father; to have a classificatory father

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taste

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taste

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taste a little, as to try

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taste a little, as to try

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to plant, as coconuts, yams, taro, bananas, corn; to bury; to insert, as lime in grooves in an arrow; to sink, as feet in a swamp

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anything set aside for planting

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a container of any kind: basket, bag, suitcase, pocket; to put into a container

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a large deep-sea fish

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man, male, person; to be a man, male or person

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to cry, weep, sound, ring, bark; tears

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to sound empty (as a coconut that has no liquid); to cry, weep (especially of children)

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spear, dart, as for fighting, fishing, or spearing birds

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taboo, forbidden, sacred, hallowed, restricted; sacredness, forbidden or sacred place; to observe taboos, as on the Sabbath

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diminutive of #tapu; small sacredness

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tattooing

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to pray, chant, sing, as to honor or thank a worker, or in certain rituals

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to hang, as clothes; to wear or put on, as a necklace or loincloth

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to hang, as clothes; to wear or put on, as a necklace or loincloth; to swarm, as #pogo or #manini fish

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mosquito net; to sleep under a mosquito net

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general name for balloon fish (porcupine fish)

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honor, term of reference, esp. for a sister, daughter, niece

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feces, dung, excreta of various kinds (ear wax, octopus ink, sea-slug eggs); fragments as of turmeric or Derris; suds; also an endearing and demeaning term, and used as an insult as in ‘I am your feces’ (I respect and love you and humiliate myself before you)

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bake in the oven, boil in a saucepan, cook in any way except over an open fire

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season

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fish season, late July until January, especially for flying fish and large fish caught on lines at night after catching flying fish that are used as bait

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eastern district of Re and village (lit. ‘The Lake’)

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ship’s boom

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to see

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dart, spear; the ancient and obsolete sport of casting darts; to cast, as a spear

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to crouch or squat, as on the heels; to perch

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to rile, devastate, as by wind and storm

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classificatory mother; to have a classificatory mother

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belly, abdomen, womb; bulging portion of a flying fish torch; breast of a bird

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body; trunk, stem (as of tree or plant); hull, as of canoe; wooden shaft of a spear

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ironwood (none on Bellona, and on Rennell only on cliffs; in ancient times ceremonial paddles were placed at the bases of cliffs, and with proper incantations #toa branches were said to have fallen down); reddish, finely-branching coral on the sea bottom; when taken ashore #toa turns black; named for the ironwood

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three, third, three times; to be three in number, third, three times

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to hew, as a sounding board; divisions within a single garden

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to break in two

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break into pieces, as sticks or bones

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to be or get well; to be in good health, cured of sickness, recovered; to be calm, quiet, of persons or the sea; to recover

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to be or get well; to be in good health, cured of sickness, recovered; to be calm, quiet, of persons or the sea; to recover

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northwest wind, north wind; to blow, of this wind

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pole, as for a canoe; to pole, as a canoe; to use as a pole or support

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to be correct, satisfactory, right, excellent; to be fulfilled

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mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lamk.; its wood is used for fuel and posts; its seeds are eaten at the Lake with fish soup

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write, draw; outline a tattooing pattern

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blood; sap, as of banana trunk or fruit; to bleed, emit sap

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strength, authority; to be strong, to win

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strength, authority; to be strong; to win; to bully, mistreat

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to be ancient, very old; ancient times; to be late or tardy

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be deaf, hard of hearing

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deafness

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to leak, drip; leak, dripping

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to drip, as a boil; to drip sap, of various vines

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to divide, distribute; to deal, as cards

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to divide or distribute, as between four or more persons; to deal, as cards; to be divided, distributed

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natural saltwater ponds connected underground with the sea, where large fish and sharks are sometimes speared

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bone, as of whale; awl or stick used as an awl; to string together, as fish, beads, coconuts; to sew, as a #bugho seine or #baghu mat; eat with a coconut-leaf midrib; fork; to be sharp; to insert, stick in or through

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to beat, strike, pound, smash, destroy, blow down; to knock, as on a door; beater, pounder, as for #sogo (grated taro and coconut) pudding or for putting out a fire

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kind of lake eel; turmeric (#ango) tuber; the eel is said to be named for this because of its color

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to cook, roast on hot coals

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cook directly on a fire, as fish, birds; barbecue

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sprout, as of yams, panna, coconuts; life principle and growth, of children; to sprout, grow; to rise, as a boil, cooked rice or a tidal wave; to sprout forth

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classificatory grandfather or grandmother; term of address used by classificatory grandchild

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an element occurring in the names of two of the most sacred gods, #GuatupuɁa and #TetupuɁa; a possible meaning would be ‘sacred’

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to mark, as the skin with turmeric … or face with betel spit; tattooing marks

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to be appointed, elected, as to an office; to be awarded, as a food share; to be chosen; be pointed at

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to ignite, set on fire, kindle, light; to burn, as iodine on a wound; to burn sick persons, as on head or back with a hot stone to thin tapa rope to cure illnesses or in mourning; to wound feelings

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to tap, as to make the sound of beating a tapa anvil or a sounding board

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tapa-beating anvil

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burning

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burning

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back

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to stand, go, come, arrive, start, stop, represent (as in the Council), land (as a canoe), set (as a net), alight (as a bird), hit (as an arrow)

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to stand close to a person, as in defiance (#tuʔu = ‘stand’)

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artery; pulse

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penis

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cord, line, rope

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to shed, as snake skin

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take off, remove, pull out, peel

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heart, seat of affections, soul; inside, center, middle, interior

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to push, as a canoe into water

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to put aboard a canoe or ship, to go or have aboard; to bear nuts, as a coconut; to assume a role

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a large fish with a long body, probably green jobfish: Aprion virescens

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neck, throat

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wall, fence, enclosure; to build a fence, wall, or enclosure; to surround

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Turban shells: Turbo petholatus L.

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firefly, seen inland, a rare phenomenon; believed to be the embodiment of the goddess Sikingimoemoe, and might not be killed

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front, coastline; front of the human chest

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surgeonfish: Acanthurus sp.

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worshipped deity, god, esp. the district gods; Lord, Jesus; worship a deity

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front; coastline; front of the human chest; interior; to face towards or come to

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kind, nature, character, type, likeness, resemblance, image, color, moral quality, meaning

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a tree, Ficus benjamini L.

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time, day, season

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food offering

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to scoop; to bail, as a canoe

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liver

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calf of leg, esp. back side of the calf

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thatch; to thatch, as house or grave house

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probably bonito, but usually called #sau

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generation; be of the same generation; row, column, group, as of islands, stones, posts, people

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God, spirit, deity; to worship, as a god

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bile, gall bladder; bitter meat, as of an #ʔagigi turban shell