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adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

aheahe

verb keep returning

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

basa baubau

verb speak badly of someone

bibi

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

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

bingibingi

noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daaganga

noun way of travelling

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

daladala

adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish

dama madua

noun eldest child

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

doedoe

adjective still remaining, still leftover

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

dolodolo o de ava

noun <= luu dolodolo>

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

duuduu lagi

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gaagaa

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noun baby

gaanunu

noun breast

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

galababa

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)

hagaaneane

verb console; excite sexually

hagadaga age

improving

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagamademade gaiaa

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

hagamalemalemo

verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hihi mada

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eyebrow

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hongagelegele

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

hungahunga a nui

the flower of the coconut tree

ivi gaogao

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rib

ivi gaogao

noun rib

lagalaga

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

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

maaloolo

adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)

mada dao

noun prow of a fast ship

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

mada loolodo

verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

madumadua

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

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malianoono

lizard fish

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

me maimai

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candy

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

mogomogo

noun muscle

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

sali dodo

bleed

sau aloalo

echo

sausau

lion-fish

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sisi

verb write

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother