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alasala

adjective vicious

aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

balaulau

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adjective ugly

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

bingibingi

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

bodobodo

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adjective short

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

bunibuni

adjective be more-or-less together

buu de mama

air filled with mama

buuganga

noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose

daangenge

verb meaty (not having much fat)

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dihidihi

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

dodo

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blood

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

dogi daadaa

noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duuduu

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gadigadi gauvae

adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

galogalo malama

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

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

giligili

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noun stone

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

hagaasoaso

noun spouse

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagadaga ange

increase in

hagadugudugu

verb crouch repeatedly

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai de hilihili

hold an election

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hano de mama

escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

huluhulu-manenga

time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")

isiisi luu gauasa

to tear from limb to limb

ivi gaogao

noun rib

iviivia

verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated

laalaa

verb having many branches

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

lamu dada

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

lauasaasa

verb skinny

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

maahaa ada

adjective dawn (first burst of light)

madumadua

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

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magimagi

adjective prone to illness

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

malala

noun ashes

malele

adjective completed

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malili

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adjective scattered

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

massogosogo

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

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

moni lele

airplane

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngadi seesee

walk barefoot, stroll

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

singa sogosogo

adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself

tangada maagaga

industrious person

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother