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aalali

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

anaa naa

these (there) only

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

augaua

verb infected

bale-masevaseva

noun

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bulabula

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

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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daahaa mada giigii

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

dabadaba

noun slipperlobster

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

dalodalo

verb pray

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

daulooloa

adjective long time

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

dele de maahaa

daybreak

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

didi

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grass skirt

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

dinana

noun mother (formal)

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

duudua

noun taro plant

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gadigadi gauvae

adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

gaogao

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gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gidigidi

verb short

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

gobegobe

adjective cough (repeatedly)

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

goobai dada

noun umbrella

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagaavaava

verb provide or receive support continually

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamogomogo

verb cause to be muscular

hagaongaonga

verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagasugisugi

verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

halehale dagodo

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

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

ivi gaogao

noun rib

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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legalega

noun smallness

lele biho

adjective dive head first

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longolongo i leaala

rumor

maaloolo

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

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

madolidoli

verb of unusual age or size

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sali dodo

adjective bleed

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

singa sogosogo

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

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

vaivai daahili

a dirty song