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adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

agoago

verb learning, teaching

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

bani-gegeva

noun

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bodobodo

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adjective short

bogobogo

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

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

didi

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grass skirt

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

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)

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duu mugamuga

noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

e hanohano

have diarrhea

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gadagada

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verb laugh

gamagama

noun seaweedsp.

gilimalali

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adjective clean

goononga gee

to setarecord

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaaneane

verb console; excite sexually

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

heehee

adjective cry out

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hiihii mada

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noun eyelash(es)

hilohilo me

adjective impure

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

hongagainga

adjective urinate

hoohonu

verb

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lou de gaugau dalinga

pull the trigger (of a gun)

maahaa

adjective daybreak

maamaagila

adjective becoming slightly parted

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

magalili tai

adjective flow (of tide)

mahamaha

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adjective beautiful

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

massogosogo

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

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

me hagalolo

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

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

moana magalili

a cold underwater current

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

momo

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quantifier few

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

sau aloalo

echo

sau aloalo

verb echo

sausaubaligi

verb always saubaligi

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

seesee

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verb walk

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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