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adaada age

first light of the moon

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

angaange magau

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noun dead body

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

bobo

adjective rotten

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

buu de mama

air filled with mama

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daahaa mada giigii

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

daahaa modomodo

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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daangenge

verb meaty (not having much fat)

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

daladala

verb say again and again

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

dee hilihili

indifferent

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

duu ubu haohao

noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

duudua

noun taro plot

duuduu manu

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

eleele

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

gaanunu

noun breast

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gai hilihili

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

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gaogao

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gelegele uli

verb black soil

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

hadahada ama

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

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagabibi

verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)

hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagadaga age

improving

hagadamadama

verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)

hagadangadanga

verb loosen

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hhagi de baa galele

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

hihi mata

noun eyelash

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

hoohoo ina

to frighten with sounds

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

huluhulu mada

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noun eyebrow

ivi gaogao

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rib

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele

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verb fly

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

magakaga

adjective firmly attached

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

magimagiaa

adjective frequently magiaa

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

masausau

verb goodat fighting

massogosogolia

verb to have been by oneself

maunuunusi

adjective

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

mosongenge

noun a name children tease each other with

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

sali dodo

adjective bleed

sese

verb walk

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sogosogo

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orphaned

suusu

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noun shoe

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tinana

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noun mother (formal)

umiumidi

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verb like (someone or something), feel affection for