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ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

augau

verb pus

bagibagi de me

all of a sudden (violent actions)

balabala

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adjective soft

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

basa baubau

verb speak badly of someone

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

dele de boialiali

daybreak

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

dilodilonga

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

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

dolodolona

verb often flooded

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

gelegele dea

verb sand

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadahada

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chest

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadibadiba de lima

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagaholoholoi

verb to use holoholoi

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagalulu de langi

verb attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hai de hilihili

hold an election

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

hesohesongi

adjective repeatedly hesongi

huuhuaa mee

sorcery (made with chants)

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

laulaunga

noun able to be hooked

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malili

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adjective scattered

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

manu lele

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noun bird

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

me maimai

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candy

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

modumodu

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

mogomogo

noun muscle

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

mosongenge

noun a name children tease each other with

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

musumusu

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verb whisper

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

odiodi

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adjective long since finished, done or gone; long since, a long time ago

sege gee

slip or slide away from

seisei

pipefish

seni ahiahi

adjective go to bed early (in the evening)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

sogosogo

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alone

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

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother

tuu mugamuga

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