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adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

alohaha

noun throat (of fish only)

anei nei

these now

angaanga

noun body

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

bale-masevaseva

noun

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

demee hagaangiangi

fan

diidii ange

urinate against

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

dumugamuga

noun butt

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagasugisugi

verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hegahega

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lung

holahola aalanga

adjective calisthenics,exercises

holehole

verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)

huahuaa me

noun

huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

idiidi

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noun April

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kano avaavaa

verb porous

laba ngaugau

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

labelabe-uliuli

noun fishsp.: wrasse

langolango

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

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lele sseni

adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

lobaloba

verb flapping (of a sail in the breeze)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’ conversation

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luu adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mahaahaa

adjective

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

malemolemo

adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

manavanava

adjective breathing

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

massogosogo

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

mavaevae

adjective scattered

mee daadaa

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noun carved object; the act of carving

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngaungau-ulu

noun

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

nuinui

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

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sausaubaligi

verb always saubaligi

savasavala

adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy

seene malili

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noun coins

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

silisili

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adjective stopped, ended

solasola

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

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber