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adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

babaa

adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

bebela

noun prowler

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

bonabona age

become fearful

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

bulubulu malo

noun rag

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

doa agalala

noun very big giant

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

dolodolona

verb often flooded

donadona

verb covered with dona

doo togonogo

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

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

duuduu lagi

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hagasugisugi

verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

haha

noun mouthodor

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

halehale me

adjective a developing situation

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

huluhulu-manenga

time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")

hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

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)

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

lima madua

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lodo me muimui

in the bush (uncleared area)

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

maadegadega

noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.

maamaa

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verb chew

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

madolidoli

verb of unusual age or size

madumadua

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

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malillili

adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

malulu

adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

molimoli ngaadai

adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sau aloalo

echo

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

sese

verb walk

sisi

verb write

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

vaaligiligi

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)

vaivai daahili

a dirty song