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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

adaada

dawn (first light)

agaaga

noun having lots of roots

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

ahiahi

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noun evening

au taadaaia

verb don’t rush take it easy

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

baba age

be decided about

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

basabasalia

verb be talked about frequently

bebee

adjective be flatulent

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

didi

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grass skirt

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

donadona

verb covered with dona

duu midomido

adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)

duudua

noun taro plot

ebuebu

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bubbles

gaadinga gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

galavalava

noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gamugamua

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

gelegele

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noun sand

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

gulu maimai

noun breadfruit with smooth skin

hadahada ama

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

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagamogomgo

verb cause to be muscular

hai uaua

verb dilated veins

hano de mama

escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)

hauhausanga

noun

hegahega

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lung

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

hongagainga

adjective urinate

hoohonu

verb

huluhulu mada

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noun eyebrow

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

kano avaavaa

verb porous

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

lagolagoaa

verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

limasisi

noun pinky finger

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

luduludu

verb trembling

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maailele

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verb die

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

madamada

half-cooked

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

masimasi

noun dolphin

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

moana magalili

a cold underwater current

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

momo

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quantifier few

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

saiolo duli magaga

noun a type of string figure

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)