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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

au taadaaia

verb don’t rush take it easy

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

biho ngaalulu

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headache

buubuu

verb divination

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

daaganga

noun way of travelling

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

dagaligiligi

adjective broken into small pieces

dagodo daudahi

adjective having the same characteristics, be alike

dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

dao dahuuhuu

noun ridgepole (lower)

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dele de maahaa

daybreak

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

doedoe

adjective still remaining, still leftover

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duudua

noun taro plot

gaadinga hagaangiangi

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

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

galegale

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

gamagama

noun seaweedsp.

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

gelegele

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noun sand

gidigidi laa lalo

a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive

haahaa

verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagadagadaga

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

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hanohano dua

adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)

henua gelegele

atoll.

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

hoohonu

verb

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lele biho

adjective dive head first

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lima madua

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thumb

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lolo

oil

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maahaa ada

adjective dawn (first burst of light)

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

magalili

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verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

maluulu de me

the weather is cold

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

molimoli i tuu gaha

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

molomolo de biho

round-headed

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

monilele

noun airplane

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

musumusu laa lalo

whisper softly

ngudu maimai

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

noho baba

live peacefully

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

silasila

verb look around for

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

umiumidi

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verb like (someone or something), feel affection for