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aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

balabala

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adjective soft

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

bebela

noun prowler

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

buaalali

verb flood tide

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

dao dahuuhuu

noun ridgepole (lower)

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

debedebe

verb the folds of skin around the waist

dengadenga

verb having many denga

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

doa agalala

noun very big giant

dogi daadaa

noun adze with a small blade for light chipping

donadona

verb covered with dona

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

gaadinga gaha paa

noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

giigii saele

giggle

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagadibadiba de lima

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamalangilangi

verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamulimuli

verb "this is the end" (of a chant)

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hale honggelegele

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noun bathroom, toilet

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

henua gelegele

atoll.

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

hongagelegele

huuhuna

adjective hide

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

kano mugamuga

adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

laulaunga

noun able to be hooked

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lima sisi

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noun little finger

limamalie

good at massaging

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

longolongo i adamagi

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

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada looloa

adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case

magalili tai

adjective flow (of tide)

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

manu-mangamanga

starfish

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

masoasoa

adjective spacious

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

ngalubelube

verb tremble or vibrate in the air

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sau aloalo

verb echo

sausau

lion-fish

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

sese

verb walk

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sisi baalasi

verb printing (block letters)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree