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abasasa

noun European

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

amuamu iho

noun drizzle

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

baabaasi

noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

boo hagalele mouli

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

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

budubudu

adjective crowded together

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

daladala

verb say again and again

dali hagavagavaga

verb <= hagavagavaga>

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

dinana

noun mother (formal)

doi-avaava

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

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

gabuibui

noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

gai hilihili

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

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

gannui mada balabala

gannui which is soft and mushy

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

ginigini

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

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

hagabasabasalia

verb cause to be convinced

hagadaga age

improving

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagamademade gaiaa

adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamulimuli

verb "this is the end" (of a chant)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

kano mugamuga

adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)

laalaa

verb having many branches

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele biho

adjective dive head first

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

maaloolo

adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malali

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adjective smooth

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malemolemo

adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

maluulu

adjective cool

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

masoasoa

spacious

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

momo

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quantifier few

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

munamuna

adjective a short prayer

nagonago

verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngaungau-ulu

noun

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

seevoivoi

adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

soosoa

noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun paternal uncle

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear