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adiadi

verb relate repeatedly

agaaga

noun having lots of roots

aheahe

verb keep returning

aladoidoi

noun iron (a piece of)

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

baabaa

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flat

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

balagia a de gaga

noun fish sp., parrot fish

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

buaalali

verb flood tide

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

doa agalala

very big giant

dodo

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blood

dongi de gelegele

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

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

dudu de niho

a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)

dumugamuga

noun butt

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

gaagaa

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noun baby

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

galababa

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

galevaleva

noun birdsp.

galu/augau

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mucus

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

gidigidi laa lalo

a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive

gimoo lele

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noun bat

ginigini loola

a game played by children

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

gumigumi

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beard

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

haahaangoda

verb to fish first in one place, then in another

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadahada ama

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

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagamaamaanadu

verb keep reminding or keep remembering

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagangaue

verb move (something)

haha

noun mouth odor

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

holiholi

noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)

huluhulu-manenga

time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

ivi gaogao

noun rib

laaladi

verb to scratch (an itch)

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

lima ma vae ange

work for as a servant

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

manavanava

adjective breathing

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu-mangamanga

noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

menemene

noun male genital organ

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

mudumudu

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adjective slow moving (while working), slow acting, slow thinking

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

musumusu

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verb whisper

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

ngaangailu

noun hair (on the head)

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

savasavali

verb always hungry

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

sogosogo

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orphaned

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tangada maagaga

industrious person

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother

vaaligiligi

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