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adaada

dawn (first light)

alualu

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verb fish, hunt (during the day)

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

bani-gegeva

noun

bebela

noun prowler

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

bingibingi

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

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

bubu

adjective move about

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daahaa mada giigii

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

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dabadaballahi

adjective more-or-less thin

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dao dahuuhuu

noun ridgepole (lower)

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

dolodolona

verb often flooded

duu midomido

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

duudua

noun taro plant

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

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)

galavalava

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

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

gidigidi laa lalo

a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive

giligili tai

horizon

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

hagaaloalo-mea

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

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagabaubauanga

adjective to have been criticized

hagadaga age

improving

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

haha

noun mouthodor

hhagi de baa galele

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

hodahoda

adjective gasp for breath (more than once)

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele tuli

adjective parturition

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

longolongo i leaala

rumor

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

mada gelegele

noun male child

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

me maimai

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candy

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

modomodo

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noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

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molimoli ange

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

muimuia

verb be muimui

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

muumuu kaiaa

adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

sali dodo

adjective bleed

salulu

adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)

savasavala

adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy

seni ahiahi

adjective go to bed early (in the evening)

siisii

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noun fishing pole

sinaina

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verb having white hair

soosobo

adjective get up , jump up

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tama legalega eidu

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament

uaua vaaligi

noun capillary

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)

vaivai

intensifier too; overly