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aalali

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

adaada

dawn (first light)

ahiahi danuaa

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good evening

alasala

adjective vicious

amuamu iho

noun drizzle

angiangi

verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan

augaua

verb infected

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

balabala

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adjective soft

basabasalia

verb be talked about frequently

beabeau

verb choppy seas

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

bibi

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

biigii

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noun pig

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

bonabona age

become fearful

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

daa hagalele

verb unscheduled,unplanned

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dee haihai donu

that’s for sure

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

diidii ange

urinate against

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

ebuebu

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bubbles

gaadinga gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

galavalava

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

galavalava

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

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

gogoo

adjective

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

hadahada ama

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

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagadibadiba

verb rock back and forth to one side

hagagabugabu

verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hale baabaa

noun frame house

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

holehole

verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)

hoohoa

verb

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

huuhuaa mee

sorcery (made with chants)

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

kano avaavaa

verb porous

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

limasisi

noun pinky finger

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

massagalala

verb burned (food)

me balabala

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

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

molimoli ange

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

singasinga

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verb to wave back and forth (as a coconut tree in the wind)

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

ssuonioni

sand

tangada sisi

secretary

uliuli

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adjective black