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aboabo

adjective become accustomed to

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

alasala

adjective vicious

alualu

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verb fish, hunt (during the day)

baba age

be decided about

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

boo hagalele mouli

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

budubudu

adjective crowded together

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dagimomo

adjective few for each one

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

daladala

verb say again and again

daledale

verb repeatedly touch lightly

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

duuduu lagi

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

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

galevaleva

bird species

galevaleva

noun birdsp.

ganoango

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adjective yellow

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

gimoo lele

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noun bat

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagaaloalo-mea

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

hagaavaava

verb provide or receive support continually

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

halehale dagodo lodo

nauseated

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hihi mada

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eyebrow

huuhuu

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

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kano mugamuga

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

lagalagai

verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds

lahulahu

noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lima madua

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limasisi

noun pinky finger

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

maailele

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verb die

maamaa

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verb chew

mada gaanunu

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noun nipple

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madamada o dangada

noun in public

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malemalemo

adjective

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

masausau

verb goodat fighting

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

midomido

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

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

molimoli i tuu gaha

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

mudumudu

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adjective slow moving (while working), slow acting, slow thinking

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

nagonago

verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

sii valavala

adjective spray

sinasinaina

adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

sogosogo

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orphaned

tinana

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noun mother (formal)

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)