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aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

agoago

verb learning, teaching

angaanga dabu vae

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toenail

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

avaava

verb full of holes

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

budubudu

adjective crowded together

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

bulubulu malo

noun rag

buubuu

verb divination

daadaanga

noun appearance of

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

de ahiahi danua

good evening

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

dihidihi

noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

gadigadi

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gagai

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

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gamagama

noun seaweedsp.

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

giigii saele

giggle

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagalagolago

verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply

hagamademade gaiaa

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

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamalemolemo

verb

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

hodahoda

adjective gasp for breath (more than once)

honohono

verb having hono in several places

hoohonu

verb

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

lala

verb to roast

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele mouli

adjective surprised

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lili baasi gee

accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

longolongo i adamagi

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

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

mada looloa

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

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada

half-cooked

malamala

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

malili de biho

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adjective balding

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manomano

numeral thousands and thousands

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

massogosogo

verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

moemoe

adjective becoming more moe2

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

suisui

become wet

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

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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