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aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

angaanga

noun body

angaanga mada nia

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fingernail

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

augau

verb pus

baabaa tugi lau

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noun log on which the pandanus leaf is smashed

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

bebe

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noun butterfly

bedibedi

adjective getting fat

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daane dee lahilahia

noun a very special one (rarely seen)

dada me

adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)

dada saiolo

adjective to hoist a sail

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

diimolalaaidu

noun the tenth child of a couple

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duudua

noun taro plant

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gaagaa

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noun baby

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaaoao

verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagailangi daahaa

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)

hagamaamaalama

verb shine on continuously

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

hoohonu

verb

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

idiidi

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noun April

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

labelabe-uliuli

noun fishsp.: wrasse

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

laulau

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a type of basket

lele sseni

adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

malala

noun ashes

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

malibilibi

adjective crack (of a whip)

malingilingi

adjective spill out little by little

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

masimasi

noun dolphin

massogosogo

verb 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)

mimi

adjective urinate

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

molimoli ange

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

musumusu

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verb whisper

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

namanama

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

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngalubelube

verb tremble or vibrate in the air

ngalullulu

adjective shaky

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sau aloalo

verb echo

seene malili

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noun coins

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

tinana

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noun mother (formal)

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream