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aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

agaaga

noun having lots of roots

aliali

noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

aoao

verb becoming daylight

au taadaaia

verb don’t rush take it easy

balaulau

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adjective ugly

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

beabeau

verb choppy seas

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

bilibili-hadu

noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

diidii ange

urinate against

dinana donu

noun natural mother

dogi daadaa

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

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

dungudungua

verb repeatedly smell (something)

gabugabu

shore

gai salusalu

verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

gegeli

adjective struggle

gelegele dea

verb sand

ginigini

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

gogo gi mua

bent forward

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagaagahi sseeloo

adjective to call out "sail ho"

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagabibi

verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagadagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagamalemalemo

verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

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.)

hiihidi

verb

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kano avaavaa

verb porous

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

lele

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verb fly

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luu dolodolo

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

mada dabu

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

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

madumadua

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

malele

adjective completed

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

manu-mangamanga

starfish

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

massaganga

verb to be very dry

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

mee daadaa

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noun carved object; the act of carving

mmasa bagubagu

adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

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noun spider

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngalubelube

verb tremble or vibrate in the air

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

noho hagamolomolo

adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

onoonogia

noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

saesaele

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

sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

seesee

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verb walk

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)