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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

aloalo-uli

adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

boo hagalele mouli

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

daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

daangenge

verb meaty (not having much fat)

dada gaehala

verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)

dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

dali hagavagavaga

verb <= hagavagavaga>

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

debedebe

verb the folds of skin around the waist

dele de maahaa

daybreak

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dolodolona

verb often flooded

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

duiduia

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noun thorn

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

duu ubu haohao

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

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

duuduu lagi

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gadigadi

verb have itch

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gelegele

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noun sand

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

giigii saele

giggle

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagahahine

adjective treat as a woman

hagaidaida

verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing

hagailangi daahaa

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

haha

noun mouth odor

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hai mogomogo

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adjective muscular

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hano de mama

escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)

hauhausanga

noun

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hihi mata

noun eyelash

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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huuhuu

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

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

lima madua

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thumb

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

longolongo i adamagi

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

luu adaadeu

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

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

magalili

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

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

malele

adjective completed

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu-mangamanga

noun starfish

masausau

verb goodat fighting

masausaua

verb be masausau

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

mataodao

noun fishsp.: cornetfish

molomolo de biho

round-headed

momo

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quantifier few

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

sau aloalo

echo

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

suuduuduu

defecate (children’s language)

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels