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abasasa

noun European

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

alualumia

verb sendaway

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

daane dee lahilahia

noun a very special one (rarely seen)

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dada

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verb pull

dada gaehala

verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dangidangi keli

adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

doedoe

adjective still remaining, still leftover

dolodolo o de ava

noun <= luu dolodolo>

duiduia

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dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

gabugabu

shore

gai haganamunamu

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

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

galavalava

noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

gogo gi mua

bent forward

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagamademade gaiaa

adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamalangilangi

verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

hale hongagelegele

noun outhouse

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

holehole

verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

laaladi

verb to scratch (an itch)

lagalagai

verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau hoe

noun the blade of the canoe paddle

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lima madua

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thumb

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

luduludu

trembling

luu adaadeu

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

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

magi eaea

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

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

maholehole

adjective scraped,scaled (fish)

maimai

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adjective sweet

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

malemalemo

adjective

mama

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

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

maunuunusi

adjective

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

muumuu kaiaa

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

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

saelesaele

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

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

sii diidii

adjective urinate

silasila

verb look around for

sisi

verb write

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby