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abaaba

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noun door

aloalo-uli

adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

baabaoa

verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)

baba age

be decided about

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daadaanga

noun appearance of

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

dalodalosia

verb pray for

deehee

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how

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

didi

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grass skirt

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

donadona

covered in warts/moles

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duumugamuga

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noun butt

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

gai hagalulu

adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

giigii saele

giggle

giigii saele

adjective giggle

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

gimoo lele

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noun bat

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hadahada

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chest

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagabadabaataianga

noun

hagadibadiba

verb rock back and forth to one side

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagamomo

verb reduce in quantity

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hai mogomogo

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adjective muscular

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

heehee

adjective cry out

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lamu dada

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

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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legalega

noun smallness

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’ conversation

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

madahuuhua

verb pimple

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

malianoono

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

maluulu

adjective cool

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

manu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga

noun serpentcucumber

masa bagubagu

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

massogosogo

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

midomido

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

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

moemoe

adjective becoming more moe2

mogomogo

noun muscle

moigaga

noun fibers of the coconut husk

moni lele

noun airplane

mouli-o-nono

noun <= malianoono>

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

nengenenge

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

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sausau

noun fishsp.: lion-fish

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

segesege

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adjective slippery

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

sii diidii

adjective urinate

suisui

become wet

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels