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amuamu iho

noun drizzle

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

bala langi

noun rain

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

biho ngaalulu

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headache

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

daadaa

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noun sweat

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

daahaa mada giigii

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo

daane dee lahilahia

noun a very special one (rarely seen)

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

dahi-malali

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

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

dele de maahaa

daybreak

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

dodo

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noun blood

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

dolodolona

verb often flooded

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gabugabu

shore

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gai haganamunamu

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

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hagaasoaso

noun spouse

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagabugabu

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

hagailangi daahaa

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

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hala dudu

a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

kano avaavaa

verb porous

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

laanganga

noun way of plaiting

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

lala

verb to roast

lauasaasa

verb skinny

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

lodo me muimui

in the bush (uncleared area)

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

lou de gaugau dalinga

pull the trigger (of a gun)

maadau belubelu

noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)

maaloolo

adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

masoasoa

spacious

massogosogo

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

mavaevae

adjective scattered

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noun carved object; the act of carving

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

modomodo mada gii

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

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

namanama

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

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

noho hagamolomolo

adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

saiolo duli magaga

noun a type of string figure

savasavali

verb always hungry

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sinaina

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verb having white hair

singa sogosogo

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

sisi baalasi

verb printing (block letters)

sogosogo

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alone

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun paternal uncle

tangada agoago

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noun teacher