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aadiidii

verb dry (something) by artificial heat

adu-balebale-i-dua

noun fishsp.: bonito

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

anaa naa

these (there) only

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

aoao

verb becoming daylight

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

baubau

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adjective bad

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dagadagasala

verb be always blamed for

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

gaadinga hagaangiangi

copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)

gaagaasia

verb rubbed against (of lines only)

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

geugeu

verb shake one’s head back and forth;

giligili tai

noun horizon

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

gohu boo dangodango

a pitch-black night

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagaaoaonga

noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagadagadaga

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

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagagabugabu

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

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hagasogosogoisi

verb

haha

noun mouthodor

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

heehee

adjective cry out

hhagi de baa galele

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

hihi mada

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eyebrow

hongagelegele baalanga

adjective rust

huuhuli

verb

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kano mugamuga

adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)

kave houhou

verb race to take

laba ngaugau

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

labulabu sala

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

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

legalega

noun smallness

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

luu dolodolo

noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night

maahaa ada

adjective dawn (first burst of light)

magi eaea

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

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

malala

noun ashes

malili

noun fish sp.: goatfish

maluulu

adjective cool

masoasoa

spacious

masoasoa

adjective spacious

massogosogo

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

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

mogomogo ina

muscular

moigaga

noun fibers of the coconut husk

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

moni lele

airplane

moni madagidagi

Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

old canoes

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

muimuia

verb be muimui

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngadi seesee

walk barefoot, stroll

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

siiviivii

verb a way of singing a child to sleep

sinaina

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verb having white hair

vaivai

intensifier too; overly