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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

angaanga

noun body

baabaa gadea

verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)

babaa

adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

bala langi

noun rain

bale-masevaseva

noun

bani-gegeva

noun

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dabadaba

noun slipperlobster

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

dada me

adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)

daledale

verb repeatedly touch lightly

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dangidangi keli

adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

debedebe

verb the folds of skin around the waist

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

demee hagaangiangi

fan

dinana

noun mother (formal)

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

duu ubu haohao

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

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

gogoo

adjective

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagabadabaataianga

noun

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hai uaua

verb dilated veins

hala dudu

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

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hanange

adjective go to

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

honohono

verb having hono in several places

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

huugaabungubungu

very plump

huuhuaa mee

sorcery (made with chants)

idiidi

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noun April

iviivia

verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lele tuli

adjective parturition

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

madumadua

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adjective very old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

magalili

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verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

magau baubau

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

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malele

adjective completed

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

meamea --

adjective becoming red

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngudu maimai

adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

saelesaele

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

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

ssuonioni

sand

suusu

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noun shoe

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

vaaligiligi

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)

vivi

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noun female genital area