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aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

ahiahi gohu

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noun dawn

aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

bugubugu

adjective swollen

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

dao dahuuhuu

noun ridgepole (lower)

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

dudu de niho

a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

duliduli

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

duu molomolo

visible clearly

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagabaabaagia

verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagadaga

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

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagalulu de langi

attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagangadimee

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hai mogomogo

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adjective muscular

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

hauhausanga

noun

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

hoohoa laagau

adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele tuli

adjective parturition

lili baasi gee

accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member

lodo malangilangi

adjective happy

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada dao

noun prow of a fast ship

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

mammamu

noun fish (in children’s speech only)

manu lele

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noun bird

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-mangamanga

starfish

masoasoa

adjective spacious

meamea --

adjective becoming red

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

mogomogo ina

muscular

molimoli i tuu gaha

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

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

mugamuga

verb the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed

muumuu kaiaa

adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)

ngaalulu

adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

sali dodo

bleed

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

tangada agoago

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noun teacher

tinana o dogu bodu

noun mother-in-law

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels

uaua vaaligi

noun capillary

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush