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adaada

dawn (first light)

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

alaa laa

those (there) which were there

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baabaoa

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

baubau

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adjective bad

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bebee

adjective be flatulent

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

dilodilonga

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

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duu mugamuga

noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock

duuduu

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

gadagada

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verb laugh

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

gamugamua

verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu

gelegele

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noun sand

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagaavaava

verb provide or receive support continually

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagagaagaa

verb behave like a baby

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagalili

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

hai mogomogo

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adjective muscular

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hakaligali

verb grooved

heehee

adjective cry out

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

holahola aalanga

adjective calisthenics,exercises

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

huuhua

adjective pregnancy

huuhuaa me

sorcery (made with chants)

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

lele tuli

childbirth

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maamaagila

adjective becoming slightly parted

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

maholahola danuaa age

revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

mammamu

noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

muimuia

verb be muimui

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

nuinui

noun a sp. 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

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

solasola

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

tinana

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noun mother (formal)

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

uliuli

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adjective black