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abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

adiadi

verb relate repeatedly

agoago

noun taro fibers

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

angaange magau

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noun dead body

aoao

verb becoming daylight

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

balabala

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adjective soft

bani-gegeva

noun

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

buaalali

verb flood tide

buu de mama

air filled with mama

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daaganga

noun way of travelling

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

dama madua

noun eldest child

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

donadona

verb covered with dona

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

ebuebu

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bubbles

gadigadi

noun itch

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

gamugamua

verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu

gelegele

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noun sand

haalala

verb stand leaning

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hale baabaa

noun frame house

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

huuhuli

verb

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

ivi gaogao

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rib

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lele tuli

adjective parturition

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

longolongo i leaala

rumor

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

madumadua

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adjective very old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

magalili

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verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

malamala

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noun small bits of things (e.g. sawdust)

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

masoasoa

adjective spacious

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

menemene

noun male genital organ

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

monilele

noun airplane

musumusu

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verb whisper

ngaangaalu

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hair

nuinui

noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

sausaudia

verb continually blown upon (by the wind)

sege gee

slip or slide away from

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

sii valavala

adjective spray

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

solasola

not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

ssuonioni

sand

tama legalega eidu

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

uliuli

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adjective black