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adaada age

first light of the moon

alualumia

verb sendaway

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

augaua

verb infected

baba

adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bilibili-hadu

noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)

bingibingi

noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dee haihai donu

that’s for sure

deehee

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dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

doa agalala

noun very big giant

dogi daadaa

noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duuduu manu

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

gegeli

adjective struggle

gelegele dea

verb sand

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

gumigumi

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haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagaasoaso

noun spouse

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamomo

verb reduce in quantity

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly, delay

hagasogosogoisi

verb

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

halehale dagodo lodo

nauseated

idiidi

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noun April

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kaianeane

adjective show-off

kano avaavaa

verb porous

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

loulou

to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamasa

adjective

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu lele

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noun bird

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

maunuunusi

adjective

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

molimoli taula

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

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

noho dodo

adjective coagulation of blood

nuinui

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

ouou

adjective yes yes

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

seisei

pipefish

sisi

verb write

sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

vaivai

intensifier too; overly