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aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

aoao

verb becoming daylight

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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bebela

noun prowler

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bogobogo

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

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

buubuu

verb divination

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

daaganga

noun way of travelling

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dihidihi

noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

doi-avaava

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

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dua hagalalo

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

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duu mugamuga

noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock

e hanohano

have diarrhea

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gada-alaala

noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

gelegele

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noun sand

giigii saele

giggle

giligili tai

horizon

giligili tai

noun horizon

gogoo

adjective

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaaoao

verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagadamadama

verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagamalangilangi

verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamomo

verb reduce in quantity

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

haha

noun mouth odor

hai uaua

verb dilated veins

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

hhagi de baa galele

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

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hongagelegele baalanga

rust

hooholo

verb

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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huuhua

adjective pregnancy

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

labelabe-uliuli

noun fishsp.: wrasse

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

laulaunga

noun able to be hooked

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

manavanava

adjective breathing

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

massaganga

verb to be very dry

massogosogo

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

mavaevae

adjective scattered

moigaga

noun fibers of the coconut husk

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

molomolo de biho

round-headed

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

ngaalulu

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

noho hagamolomolo

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

saelesaele

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

sali dodo

bleed

sauvalovalo

verb echo

savasavali

verb always hungry

sege gee

slip or slide away from

siisii

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noun fishing pole

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)