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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

agoago

noun taro fibers

baba age

be decided about

baba donu

adjective properly settled

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bogobogo

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

daaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dangau-sissisi

noun

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

dudu de niho

a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)

duudua

noun taro plot

duuduu

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

gadigadi

verb have itch

gadigadi gauvae

adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)

gamagama

noun seaweedsp.

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

ginigini

noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadibadiba de lima

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamalemolemo

verb

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

hohonga

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noun nest

hongagelegele baalanga

rust

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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huugaabungubungu

very plump

huuhuu

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

idiidi

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noun April

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kano avaavaa

verb porous

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

laulaunga

noun able to be hooked

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lobaloba

verb flapping (of a sail in the breeze)

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

maamasa

adjective

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

maimai mai

become maimai

malianoono

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

malibilibia

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

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

mangamanga

adjective having many manga

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masagage

adjective good at fighting

masoasoa

spacious

masoasoa

adjective spacious

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

onoonogia

noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

sali dodo

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verb bleed

sau aloalo

verb echo

seene malili

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noun coins

seesee

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verb walk

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

seni ahiahi

adjective go to bed early (in the evening)

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

ssuonioni

sand

suisui

become wet

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noun paternal grandmother

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament