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aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

anaa naa

these (there) only

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

angaanga dabu vae

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toenail

baba donu

adjective properly settled

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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baubau

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adjective bad

bongabonga

adjective bent up

bubu

adjective move about

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

buubuu

verb divination

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dagasisi

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

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

daulooloa

adjective long time

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

dee hilihili

indifferent

dengadenga

verb having many denga

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dodo

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noun blood

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dolodolo o de ava

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duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duudua

noun taro plot

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gaadinga gaha paa

noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

gelegele

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noun sand

giidada

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

gilimalali

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adjective clean

gulu maimai

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

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hadu-uaua

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

hagaaliali

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

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagadangadanga

verb loosen

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagamogomogo

verb cause to be muscular

hagavagavaga

verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

hale hongagelegele

noun outhouse

halehale dagodo

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

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

henua gelegele

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atoll (literally, sand island)

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

labelabe-uliuli

noun fishsp.: wrasse

lahulahu

noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)

laubalabala

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

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

loloa

adjective tall; long

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

magi eaea

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

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-mangamanga

noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

meamea --

adjective becoming red

mmasa bagubagu

adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness

moe baubau

adjective sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sau aloalo

echo

savasavali

verb always hungry

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

segesege

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adjective slippery

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)

vaivai daahili

a dirty song