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alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

angaange magau

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noun dead body

baabaa gadea

verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bobo

adjective rotten

daadaanga

noun appearance of

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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dada

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verb pull

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

dele de maahaa

daybreak

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

dinana donu

noun natural mother

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)

dumugamuga

noun butt

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

gabugabu

shore

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

gohu boo dangodango

a pitch-black night

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

haahaangoda

verb to fish first in one place, then in another

haahadi

verb

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaaoao

verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagabaubauanga

adjective to have been criticized

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagagabugabu

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

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagangaue

verb move (something)

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hilohilo me

adjective impure

hohhoo

adjective a sound made when surprised

hongagelegele baalanga

rust

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

labulabu sala

adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)

lagolagoaa

verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

lahalahi

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adjective wide

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

limasisi

noun pinky finger

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

loulou

verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

mada dangada ina

a person of importance (who is liked by the people)

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

madumadua

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

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malamala

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noun small bits of things (e.g. sawdust)

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

maunuunusi

adjective

molimoli

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to carry things repeatedly / in multiple trips from one place to another

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

mudumudu

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adjective slow moving (while working), slow acting, slow thinking

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

savasavali

verb always hungry

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

sii valavala

spray

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby