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aboabo

adjective become accustomed to

agoago

noun taro fibers

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

baba age

be decided about

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

balaulau

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adjective ugly

baubau

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adjective bad

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

budubudu

adjective crowded together

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

daahaa modomodo

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dolodolona

verb often flooded

donadona

covered in warts/moles

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

duumugamuga

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noun butt

ebuebu

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bubbles

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

galegale

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

gamugamua

verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu

gidigidi

verb short

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagadaga ange

increase in

hagadagadaga

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

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadibadiba de lima

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

hohhoo

adjective a sound made when surprised

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

iviivia

verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

limamalie

good at massaging

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

lollolo

oily

longolongo i leaala

rumor

loulou

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

maagaga

adjective industrious

maaloolo

adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madagudagu

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adjective cowardly (concerning others or supernaturals)

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

malemalemo

adjective

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

mama

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

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

massogosogo

verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe

meamea --

adjective becoming red

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

moana magalili

a cold underwater current

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

nagonago

verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

nuinui

noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sauvalovalo

verb echo

sii diidii

adjective urinate

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