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aalali

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

adiadi

verb relate repeatedly

aheahe

verb keep returning

ahiahi

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noun evening

anailaa laa

it was today that

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baabaoa

verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

bale-masevaseva

noun

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

biho ngaalulu

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headache

bingibingi

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

bodobodo

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adjective short

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

daa hagalele

verb unscheduled,unplanned

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 mada daua

noun bravest in war

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

dada saiolo

adjective to hoist a sail

dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

dama madua

noun eldest child

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gaigai a usu

flatus

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

giligili tai

noun horizon

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

ginigini

noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagaaduadu dangada

verb critical of others

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagamogomgo

verb cause to be muscular

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hiihidi

verb

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

huuhuna

adjective hide

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

langolango

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

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madagudagu

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adjective cowardly (concerning others or supernaturals)

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

malala

noun charcoal

malibilibi

adjective crack (of a whip)

manu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga

noun serpentcucumber

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

masa bagubagu

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

muimuia

verb be muimui

ngaalulu

adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

ngaangailu

noun hair (on the head)

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

sau aloalo

verb echo

silasila

verb look around for

sinaina

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verb having white hair

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

solasola

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

somosomo

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verb to grow fast or well anywhere (e.g., as a weed)

suusu

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noun shoe

taina daane odogu dinana

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noun maternal uncle

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun paternal uncle

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear