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aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

anaa naa

these (there) only

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baabaasi

noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)

baabaoa

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

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

biigii hahine

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noun sow

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

dangada agoago

adjective teacher,preacher

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

de ahiahi danua

good evening

didi

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grass skirt

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

doi-avaava

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

donadona

verb covered with dona

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

duudua

noun taro plot

gabugabu

shore

gai hagalulu

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

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gaigai a usu

flatus

gelegele

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noun sand

giigii saele

giggle

giligili tai

noun horizon

gogo gi mua

bent forward

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagadaaganga

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

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

hihi mada

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eyebrow

hiihii mada

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noun eyelash(es)

honohono

verb having hono in several places

hungahunga a nui

the flower of the coconut tree

ivi gaogao

noun rib

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longolongo i leaala

rumor

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

magi luduludu

adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person

maimai ange

to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)

malali

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adjective smooth

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manomano

numeral thousands and thousands

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

masoasoa

spacious

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

muimuia

verb be muimui

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

olioli

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

segesege

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adjective slippery

seisei

pipefish

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

soosobo

adjective get up , jump up

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

uaua

crave (for food)

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)