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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

aliali

noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

baabaa gadea

verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)

baba iho

adjective recently settled

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

biigii hahine

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noun sow

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

bongabonga

adjective bent up

booboo

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

bubu

adjective move about

buibui

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noun cage; fence

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

galababa

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

galogalo

adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hadu-uaua

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

hagaaliali

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

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagadaaganga

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

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadibadiba de lima

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hagasogosogoisi

verb

hagasugisugi

verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai uaua

verb dilated veins

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hongagainga

adjective urinate

huluhulu-manenga

time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

huuhua

adjective pregnancy

idiidi

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noun April

ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kaianeane

adjective show-off

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

laulau hoe

noun the blade of the canoe paddle

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

lele tuli

childbirth

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lollolo

oily

lolo

noun oil

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

looloa

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adjective tall; long

luu dolodolo

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

madamada

adjective half-cooked

madamada o dangada

noun in public

mademadea

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

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manu-hai-hau

manu-mangamanga

noun starfish

massogosogo

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

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

moe baubau

adjective sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony

namanama

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

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather