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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

anga baabaa

noun mollusk sp., spider conch

aoao

verb becoming daylight

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bulubuludi

verb keep hugging

daahaa modomodo

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dangau-sissisi

noun

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

dengadenga

verb having many denga

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dinana

noun mother (formal)

dolodolona

verb often flooded

donadona

verb covered with dona

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gabugabu

shore

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

galababa

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

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

ganoango

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adjective yellow

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gelegele uli

verb black soil

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

gilimalali

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adjective clean

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaaduadu dangada

verb critical of others

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagababa

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

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagagabugabu

verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagangadaa

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

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

haha

noun mouthodor

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hale baabaa

noun frame house

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

heboheboohagi

adjective fight frequently

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hongagainga

adjective urinate

hoohoa

verb

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

laulau hoe

noun the blade of the canoe paddle

lollolo

verb oily

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

mada gaanunu

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noun nipple

mahamaha

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adjective beautiful

malemalemo

adjective

malianoono

lizard fish

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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midomido

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

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

nengenenge

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

neveneve

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noun spider

noganoga

verb a method of plaiting mats

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

singasinga

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verb to wave back and forth (as a coconut tree in the wind)

tangada sisi

secretary

umiumidi

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verb like (someone or something), feel affection for