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aboabo

adjective become accustomed to

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baba ange

ready for

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

biho ngaalulu

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headache

bulubuludi

verb keep hugging

bunibuni

adjective be more-or-less together

daa hagalele

verb unscheduled,unplanned

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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dabadaba

noun slipperlobster

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dada manu

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

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

dengadenga

verb having many denga

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

duga de gumigumi

verb allow one’s beard to grow

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

gegeli

adjective struggle

gelgele dea

sand

gili malali

adjective clean ; neat

gogono

adjective moan

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hadahada ama

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

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagadugudugu

verb crouch repeatedly

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagabugabu

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

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagaholoholoi

verb to use holoholoi

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagangadimee

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagangaue

verb move (something)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

hala dudu

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

hauhausanga

noun

hihi mada

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eyebrow

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

huluhulua

verb hairy

lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

leuleu

adjective becoming leu (ripe)

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

loloa

adjective tall; long

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

madahuuhua

verb pimple

magalili

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verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

magi luduludu

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

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malemolemo

adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

maluilui

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

maluulu de me

the weather is cold

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masimasi

noun dolphin

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

molimoli i tuu gaha

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

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngalubelube

verb tremble or vibrate in the air

nganangana

adjective loud (noise) repeatedly

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

nuinui

noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

onoonogia

verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

sau aloalo

echo

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

singa sogosogo

adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself

sisi

verb write

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

vaaligiligi

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

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)