personal article, used with all names of persons, and with certain nouns, and also with verbs; (a) precedes all personal names (except in the vocative), both native and foreign, male and female; (b) used with relationship terms to indicate a particular person, (c) the relationship terms #huʔe 'wife', #poro 'husband', #keni 'woman, wife', #mwela 'child', are not ordinarily preceded by #a, but require the addition of a demonstrative; (d) in stories the article #a may be prefixed to #poro and #huʔe, which may be translated 'Lord' and 'Lady'; (e) after the Melanesian idiom the noun #ola, prefaced by the personal article #a; #a ola/, denotes 'So-and-so'; (f) the nouns #kei, denoting a female, #mwai, denoting a male, #mwau, boy, are used with the personal article and a demonstrative; (g) the interrogative #atei 'who, what person' is made up of #a and #tei 'interrogative'; (h) there is a regular use of #a in personification; (i) used with a verb to indicate a descriptive title

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four plates of turtle shell on the shoulders of the hawksbill turtle

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feces, ordure

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to cut, to score, to notch, to mark by incising, to cross the ‘t’ in writing

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to cut, to score, to notch, to mark by incising

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shoulder

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making incisions in

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surf, currents from wind or tide, tide-rip; to flow; to melt away, to waste, to disappear

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boiling tide

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to cause to drift

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yawn

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conch shell, triton, blown at the end, used to summon people

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all, the whole of

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exclamation of dissent, disapproval or surprise

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twig, sprig

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to bite, sting, be sharp-edged

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a chief

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to be jubilant

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lie curled up as a dog or a snake

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a cockle

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large fungi, some edible, growing on logs

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a tree with edible nut: Terminalia catappa

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last year's yam garden; bananas and pawpaws and #oha planted there

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to put, to place; to change into, to become

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father, FB

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the courtyard, outside, at the door

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ground, garden ground

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to bury

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to cover with earth, to inter

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name of the island of Florida

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to open

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to open

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open the mouth to speak

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open the mouth to speak

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part, side, half

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wing; shoulder

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hold under the arm, hold close to the body

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belly

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fish hawk: Haliaster girrenera

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to brood (cited only in the English index)

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stationary, of fish with their fins moving

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sibling of the same sex

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sea, saltwater; salt (late use); a month, January

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neap tide

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high spring tide

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high spring tide

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sneeze

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rat

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coconut crab: Birgus latro

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interrogative pronoun, singular: who?

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a rafter, generally of bamboo

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throw, cast

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throw the first yam set into the hole, of priest

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bamboo

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a tree: Nephelium pinnatum

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be a sojourner in a place

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day

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in pairs; side-by-side, of canoes

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day

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to aim and miss

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good, proper; accurate; beloved

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a pair, a couple

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a covering of bast cloth worn over the head at night to preserve the hair after liming

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to dig, as in digging up yams or digging a grave

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lie down

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lie down

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underneath; down, not used of points of the compass

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carry a person on one's back

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cook in an oven with leaves and hot stones

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above, used with locative #i (#i haho-mu 'above you'); uplands; wash-boards on gunwale of an overseas canoe

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the shore reef

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four

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a ship; white people, foreign

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to helve an axe

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yam shed outside a garden; any shed

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stingray

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lop off branches

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wither

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bore into with circular motion, as feet into sand; twist a stick in making a hole; the flint point of a drill, #haro mao

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to bore, to drill

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some

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shoot with a bow, shoot with a gun

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yam with prickly vines

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climb trees in native fashion with a rope round the feet, ascending by alternate jumps of hands and feet

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a skin disease, small white spots on the skin, but no scales

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land, country, village, site of a village, place

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new, fresh

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a canoe seat, removable

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to go together, to accompany one another

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hardwood tree

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pumice stone

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an isolated rock

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seven times

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a house on piles

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five times

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to be far off, distant

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to save, make alive

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pandanus with broad leaves used to make umbrellas; an umbrella of #haʔu leaves

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shore rocks, rough and spiky

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to choose for one’s own, to desire and take

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to pick, to choose

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a ridge covering of sago-palm leaves, laid on flat

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zigzag

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a yam pudding eaten at sacrifices

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yam pudding

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bark; shell of shellfish

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hungry

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famine

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to lap with string, bind spears or arrows

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a plaited spear

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to split, hit, strike, arrive at

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seven

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make an incision in

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fruit of the Barringtonia

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burst open, come apart

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burst open, come apart

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burst open, come apart

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a bundle

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bundle of firewood carried on head by women

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bundle of sago leaves

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to spring up, to grow spontaneously, as mushrooms, wild taro or yams, the growths appearing after a fire

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barter, buy

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to cross; across (as sea); divide

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cut a piece off, sever a pig's head; to cross

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to shut, to bar; a door

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full

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turtle; chorea, when the patient is said to move his hands and feet as a turtle moves its flappers

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green turtle

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full to overflowing

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to paddle, to row (late use); a paddle, an oar, an incantation for protection at sea, an incantation to a sea spirit

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crocodile

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a banana; twenty-one kinds of native bananas are named at Sa’a; the cultivation of native bananas ceased at Ulawa owing to ceremonial restrictions

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its fruit

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fruit, seeds of Malay apple

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article, a, one, used of fruits only

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kidney

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pluck, pick off

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leak, drip, pour, spill, of powdered substance

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pluck, pick off

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pluck, pick off

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cataract in the eye

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cataract in the eye

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dry, powdery earth

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stupefy fish with the fruit of the Barringtonia

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pluck, pick off

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pour on

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pour water on (as in washing a corpse)

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taro, Caladium esculentum, dry ground taro only

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taro, Caladium esculentum, dry ground taro only

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turn from side to side, be troublous

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pour water on (as in washing a corpse)

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phases of the moon; full moon

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a convolvulus growing on the beaches, used to produce a blue dye for the hair

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water springs

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name of a month, July

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sponge

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hairy

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to sting, of leaves

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hairy; rough and prickly, of the backs of certain leaves

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skin disease, ringworm

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suffering from ringworm

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cut up an animal; sudden death, ceasing completely

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vertigo

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butcher a pig

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father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

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used with #ro ma of two people who call one another #huŋao-ku

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to be many, enough, too much, to abound

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frequently

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to run

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messenger; a chief's dependent

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to run races

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birth; generation

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be born

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be born on different sides of the family, of cross-cousins

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froth, foam

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a littoral tree: Barringtonia speciosa

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clump, stool, bunch, group (as of excrement, leaves, trees, bamboo)

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fishing-net, seine

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to cough, to have a cold in the head

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coughing

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transitive suffix

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instrumental prefix forming noun from verb

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demonstrative pronoun: this, these (follows a noun)

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belly, stomach, bowels, womb

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over, above

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WZ, WB, HB, HZ

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hair, feather; used with genitive #i

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a bird's feather

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a hair of the head

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a buzzing or whistling noise in the ear

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a mangrove oyster

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to pull a thing out of the eye

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knock with the knuckles; beat a wooden gong; teeth chattering with cold

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to divine; the charms used are #apai dili, dracaena leaf, #la’o shell forehead ornament, bows, spears, #ähui, dancing club, paddles

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in the middle of

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a pandanus with slender leaves, used to make #pwaso armlets

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a stone axe

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sky, heaven

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the second plank of a canoe

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bowstring

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outside, at the door; a stick, a match; a round thing; article, one

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under the shadow, the rule of; used in names of chiefs

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‘In the shade of the coral tree’, name of a village on Uki

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1sg., used as subject only and followed by #nou

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that

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a man, a human being, as opposed to a ghost

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to drink

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to drink

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make war on, fight

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to make war, to fight

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fighting

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in the stern

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in my absence

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to look for, to collect

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look for, collect

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to cause a person to be ill, of the action of a ghost

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to clear the head of lice

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a pool among rocks used as a mirror

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to look for, to collect; a pool among rocks used as a mirror; a glass (late use)

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twin

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fish

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clear the throat

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bang, bash, fall with a bang

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coconut leaf basket

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torn, split

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to be torn, to be split

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to tear, to split

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tentacles of octopus; branching of the fingers of the human hand

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tentacles of octopus; branching of the fingers of the human hand

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fallen sheath of coconut

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to sing; a song

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to clutch hold of, of thorny creepers; to catch old of with a crook

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to crunch coconuts, canarium nuts, etc., of pigs or #rete (a large rat: Mus rex)

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onomatopoetic, a small light green parrot that figures in a story of #Muumuu (ogres from the hill country of southeast Guadalcanal); the parrot’s cry

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a kingfisher: Halcyon saurophaga

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to cut

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narrow, confined

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to be narrow, confined; a plaited basket of coconut leaves with a narrow mouth, used as a food receptacle

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touch with the fingers

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to touch

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to scrape yams

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to scrape yams

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to scrape yams with #henu (k.o. cockle) shell

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1sg possessive pronoun: my; suffixed to nouns; suffixed to certain verbs as object and also to verbal nouns used as prepositions

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domestic fowl

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(onom.) a wood pigeon

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bark at

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to bark at

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to thrust

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big (not in common use)

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big

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a pudding of grated yams and new nuts pounded and mixed with the pudding; coconut cream added if necessary

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a shellfish and arm ring made of its shell

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inside, within; middle

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spread over, cover over (as water covers the earth in a flood)

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up

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aloft, lifted up; tall and strong, of a person

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the bluebottle fly

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a tree with juice causing sores

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spider’s web, spider

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an albino (#laʔe = leprosy)

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the cry when bonito are sighted

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ginger, called #‘äi ha‘angäu keni, tree given to women to eat (to enlist their affections); used in malevolent magic it causes boils when put down on a man’s path for him to pass over

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to change shape, of ghostly appearances, to throw back, of trees, e.g. oranges

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door posts

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five

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to pour (intr.)

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to pour (tr.)

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cut off a piece or section

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cut off a piece or section

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commit suicide by hanging

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abscess

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to fly; to swoop; to reach, of words

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to bend, be doubled back; curl, of a snake

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red ants, sugar ants

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to thunder, resound

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to bend, to double back (as a pocketknife)

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high spring tide

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carry cargo, load a canoe

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cargo

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to carry cargo, to load a canoe, to be heavily laden

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to carry, as cargo; to recruit men

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to carry as cargo

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flood tide

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a flood

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to remove, to free, to loosen

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to remove, to free, to loosen

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to loosen, to free, to let go

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to loosen, to free, to let go

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to back water with paddles

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to fold

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fold it

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turn over the edges, hem

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moss

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moss-covered

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the ribs in a canoe cut out of the solid from a hard wood

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seat and rib combined; broad; the ribs of a clam shell

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the eye, not generally used with an article; the face; (with genitive #i in #Sa’a, #ni in #Ulawa) hole, mesh, opening, outlet; core of a boil; door, gate; edge, point, blade, brim; front of a house

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to eye,to watch

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a canoe landing place

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house door

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gate

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the edge of a sword

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the opening of the bay

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opening in the shore reef

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morning star

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greasy, slippery

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die; ill; become unconscious; numb; eclipsed, of moon; a fighting column; enemies; war; weapons; used with 3p. possessor and #ni genitive to denote excess

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paralyzed

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sickness

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death

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die, be ill, become unconscious

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sickness, death

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ebb tide, low tide

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hither, here, this way

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harm

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an islet

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to shade, to overshadow

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to shade, to overshadow

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to shade

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shade

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to be high and dry, of a reef, to be dry at low water

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to taste

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to be taught, quiet, of animals, broken in, tamed; nature, disposition, custom

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to know, be accustomed

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entirely, altogether; precedes verb

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bird, insect

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to float

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broken to pieces

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rotten, stinking

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southeast trade winds

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shy, ashamed, respectful

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shame, confusion, shyness

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to have an attack of malarial fever

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ripe, of yams

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live, be alive; to recover health; be green, of timber; be delivered, of a child

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to sleep, to slumber

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to fear, be afraid

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the fear of (something)

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to glow, of fierce heat

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to glow, of fierce heat

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ball of masticated food

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1pl. excl. possessive, our

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sweepings, rubbish

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squeeze, press on each side

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cuttlefish

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a dish made from taro

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be broken off

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fathers and children

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to hide, be hidden; to conceal

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larva of caterpillar, chrysalis

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zigzag in tattoo, a canoe decoration

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a sunken rock, a reef at sea

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3sg. pronoun suffixed to nouns of a certain class, the equivalent of the genitive (#nime 'hand': #nima-na 'his hand'); noun ending used with nouns denoting relationship

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copulative, and

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surf, wave

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to eat (used to children)

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to be powerful, to exercise force … Ulawa speaks of ghosts as being #na-nama ‘spiritually powerful’

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power, force

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widow(er)

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a fruit tree, teak

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front; before

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genitive: of; expresses purpose; expresses condition

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hornet

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the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera,

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midge, sandfly

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yesterday

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to quake, of ground; to be loose, unstable, of a post; earthquake

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reflections of coconut leaves; a zigzag in tattoo; a canoe decoration

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shadow of persons, reflection, likeness, carvings, soul, consciousness; a new set of gongs is said to be the #nunu of the old set

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stinging nettle tree with large leaves used to cover a chief’s body exposed for burial

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to quake, of ground; to be loose, unstable, of a post; earthquake

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squid

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an areca nut for me to eat

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to chew

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to eat

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a feast; food

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to eat

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to snore, to growl at, of a dog, to snort, of a pig

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to roar, of surf

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to growl or roar, of animals; to mumble or groan, of persons

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straight; go straight forward; be correct and proper

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be straight, go straight forward; be correct and proper

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attempt, make trial of

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make a propitiatory offering after a term of absence

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roll around in the mouth and swallow whole

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roll around in the mouth and swallow whole

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return, relieve, replace

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change, alter

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cut the ends off; to cut the hair of the head

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to sever the shoots of

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three

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third, third time

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stakes of #puepue palm or areca palm set in a hole as an enemy trap

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freshwater limpet with poisonous spines; stakes of #puepue palm or areca palm set in a hole as an enemy trap

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sand; beach

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a littoral tree, light-colored leaves, pigeons eat the berries

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six

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a fish, the barracuda

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sugarcane

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growing coconut with watery inside, not normal (#opo = core, center of a growing coconut)

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green drinking coconut

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belly, bowels, stomach

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belly, bowels, stomach

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belch

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scrape the charcoal off yams or taro roasted on the coals; peel yams

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to scrape, to scrape the charcoal off yams or taro roasted on the coals; to peel yams with a #roa (black lip pearl shell) held between the thumb and index finger, the motion being away from and not towards the body.

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cut, score, bevel canoe planks for joints

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cooked food taken on a journey

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to settle, of birds; to squat on the haunches

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light in color (coconuts, people, animals); cataract in eye; pale; faded

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dorsal membrane of a swordfish

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light in color, pale, faded

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grey, whitish

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to wonder, stagger at a matter

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to fence with upright posts, to guard

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the stern bonito hook, trailed behind the canoe, made anciently of clam with a tortoise shell barb

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the stern bonito hook, trailed behind the canoe, made anciently of clam with a tortoise shell barb

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to threaten

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butterfly, moth

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the young areca nut in its early stages

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roe of fish, yolk of egg; to spawn

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hornbill

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Nicobar pigeon

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booby

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turn over the edge of a thing; to hem

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up; hither

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to close, to be solid, to mend, to be closed, stuffed up; lid, stopper, cork of bottle (late use)

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a time, a season

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my appointed time

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to break by knocking one thing against another

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to crack coconuts

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a palm used for making bows, combs, heavy spears

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heavy palm-wood spear

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cowrie shell, used as sinkers for nets

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to turn about, turn over; to tie around, to twist

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to roll, to twist; to be moved, of bowels

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black (as volcanic rock); gall, fluid ejected by an octopus

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the putty nut, Parinarium laurinum used to caulk canoes); tree gum

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sticking a thing with gum

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thick, dense (as branches)

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thick, dense (as branches)

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back of, behind the back of, stern of a canoe

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after that

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head

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to rise, of heavenly bodies

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splurt, splash

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the coral tree, Erythrina indica

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be in the sunlight, be hot, pungent; be zealous over, be jealous over

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administer a public rebuke (lit. ‘burn the tongue’)

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leaf; leaf used as a wrapper in cooking

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gather up with the hand

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small (paired with #raha ‘big’; not in common use)

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numeral, two; used only in composition

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night

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be benighted

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to open, set open wide

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hearing

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to hear, to listen, to hear tidings of; to understand; to ask in marriage

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to understand

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two, used by itself or with #ro, of phases of the moon

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heart, mind, liver, lungs, chest

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forgive

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feel indignation; know, know how to, to name, give a name to (used in many expressions relating to mental or emotional states)

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lungs ( = 'frothing liver')

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grub found in fallen logs of breadfruit tree, supposed to turn into the cockchafer beetle

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lime, lime gourd; magic lime put over doorway outside on the ridge-pole with an incantation, a charm to protect the house and its belongings; used in black magic

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brown gastropod: Turbo petholatus

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the ironwood tree, Casuarina equisetifolia; the needles are crushed and placed over bodies exposed for burial; a red stain is made from the scraped bark of the trees and used as a preservative for fishing-lines

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barracuda

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white ant, the food of ghosts on Malapa?

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eaten by white ants

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the sago palm, Sagus sp., four kinds known, the leaves used for thatch

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kite made of sago palm leaves and used in fishing for #mwanole (large garfish), the bait a spider's web

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to face, to turn oneself; breast

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to smoke, of fire; smoke; steam

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name

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a climbing fern, very strong, used for tying

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chafe, rub

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human jaw

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rub down, grind, sharpen on a stone

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sun, sunshine, fine weather, no rain

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the bonito fish

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kill, pound taro, ram, blow strong (of winds); pound taro and canarium nuts at a feast

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evening

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to smoke, of fire

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freshwater mullet

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come down to the ground

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to land from a canoe on the beach

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to descend upon

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a descent, disembarcation

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to throw light with a torch; to use a torch of coconut leaves

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to brighten; moonlight

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to shine, of the stars

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to grin like a dog, lay bare the teeth

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to grin like a dog, lay bare the teeth

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to roll back as a fold, to grin like a dog, to lay bare the teeth

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to descend, to disembark, to land

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ninth, for the ninth time

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nine

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liquid, water

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the liquid of a green coconut

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water

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breast, paps, dugs of animals

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to suck the breast; to have children at the breast

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to prick, pierce, impale; to stake; to sew

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to prick, to set up, fix firmly, to set upright in the ground (as bamboos for a wall)

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adverb of direction, up, inland

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a fathom

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path, road, way; a row, a string of objects

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to miss, to fail

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sweep the house with a bunch of leaves or grasses

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to split down, to tear down the stem of the betel pepper preparatory to eating, to split a vine or a bamboo, to strip the skin of #wale cane

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the crotch of the legs

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cardinal numeral, one hundred

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land a fish in a landing net; to stick fast in a tree or a noose

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embark, start off; used to denote the capacity of a canoe

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an opening in the shore reef; used in names of landing places

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bad; also used as commiseration

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embark, start off

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to ride a horse

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embark, get into a canoe

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the black mussel, used in the manufacture of bow bonito hooks

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to rejoice, to be proud

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a hill

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to pierce, to prick, to open a sore, to impale

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to dry up, to soak into, of liquids

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night heron

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rattan cane

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a strong ground creeper used in tying, with bitter juice; scraped and used to poison fish

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the yam, sixty-one varieties named at Sa'a

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blow with the mouth upon an object, breathe upon

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brother, sister, cousins of all sorts

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a fish, Oligorus gigas; six varieties of #ulehu are named; the #ulehu is caught with a bait of #‘a‘awa, walking fish; name appears in proverbs describing greediness (‘to eat like the #ulehu’)

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sinew; tendon

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rub, massage

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a tree, the #vi-apple, Spondias dulcis