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abiabi

verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

baabaa

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flat

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baba

adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready

baubau

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adjective bad

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

biho ngaalulu

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headache

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

de ahiahi danua

good evening

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

deehee

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how

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

degidegi

adjective ticklish

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dodo

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noun blood

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

duu midomido

adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

gaa de malala

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gada-alaala

noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

galavalava

the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

gelegele

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adjective dirty

giligili

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noun stone

gobegobe

adjective cough (repeatedly)

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagasogosogoisi

verb

haha

noun mouthodor

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hala dudu

a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hanohano dua

adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

isiisi luu gauasa

to tear from limb to limb

laalaa

verb having many branches

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

lima sisi

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noun little finger

lollolo

verb oily

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

luduludu

trembling

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

mammami

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adjective delicious (general)

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

moana magalili

a cold underwater current

molomolo de biho

round-headed

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngaangailu

noun hair (on the head)

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

sii valavala

adjective spray

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

sisi lima

verb longhand (writing)

soosoa

noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother

vaivai

intensifier too; overly

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)