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ahiahi

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noun evening

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

anga baabaa

noun mollusk sp., spider conch

angaanga dabu vae

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toenail

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baabaa ama

verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)

baba ange

ready for

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

biigii

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noun pig

bongabonga

adjective bent up

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

daahaa mada makaga

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

dengadenga

verb having many denga

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

donadona

covered in warts/moles

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

gaa de malala

gada-alaala

noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)

gai salusalu

verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)

galavalava

noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gidigidi

verb short

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

honohono

verb having hono in several places

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

huugaabungubungu

very plump

laalaa

verb having many branches

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lima madua

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lollolo

oily

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

longolongo i leaala

rumor

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madaladala de leo

a clear and high-pitched singing voice

magalili tai

adjective flow (of tide)

magau baubau

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

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

maluulu

adjective cool

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

massagalala

verb burned (food)

me maimai

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candy

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

molimoli ngaadai

adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition

molomolo de biho

round-headed

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

namanama

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

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

sisi

verb write

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

umiumidi

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verb like (someone or something), feel affection for

vaaligiligi

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)