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abiabi

verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers

ahiahi

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noun evening

amuamu iho

noun drizzle

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

angaange magau

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noun dead body

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

balaulau

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adjective ugly

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

bulibuli

verb grab up one thing after another

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dama moemoe sala

noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

duu ubu haohao

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

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

giligili tai

horizon

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

givigivi

noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hadahada

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chest

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagabasabasalia

verb cause to be convinced

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagabugabu

verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

holahola aalanga

adjective calisthenics,exercises

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

huuhuge

verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

ivi gaogao

noun rib

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lele

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verb fly

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

longolongo i adamagi

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

maadegadega

noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.

maamasa

adjective

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

magalili

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adjective cold

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

maimai mai

become maimai

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

manavanava

adjective breathing

manu-hai-hau

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masoasoa

adjective spacious

me hagasaga

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

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

muimuia

verb be muimui

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

ngudu maimai

adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome

noho baba

live peacefully

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sali dodo

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verb bleed

sao de lahalaha

adjective more wide than long

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

silisili

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adjective stopped, ended

singa sogosogo

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

singasinga

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verb to wave back and forth (as a coconut tree in the wind)

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

suisui

become wet