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adaadeu

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

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

anei nei

these now

angaanga mada nia

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fingernail

babaa

adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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bebe

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noun butterfly

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

daadaa

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noun sweat

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dagadagasala

verb be always blamed for

dali hagavagavaga

verb <= hagavagavaga>

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

de ahiahi danua

good evening

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

dinana

noun mother (formal)

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dodo

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noun blood

donadona

covered in warts/moles

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gadigadi

noun itch

gelogelo

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

givigivi

noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

hadahada ama

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

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagabasabasalia

verb cause to be convinced

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagalulu de langi

attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hagasogosogoisi

verb

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

hanange

adjective go to

henua abasasa

noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

huuhuli

verb

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

maamasa

adjective

mada looloa

adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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magalili

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adjective cold

magimagiaa

adjective frequently magiaa

maimai ange

to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malili

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adjective scattered

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-mangamanga

noun starfish

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

mimi

adjective urinate

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni lele

noun airplane

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngaalulu

adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

saelesaele

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

saiolo duli magaga

noun a type of string figure

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

samumu

adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>

sau aloalo

verb echo

sausau

lion-fish

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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tuu mugamuga

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buttocks

umiumidi

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verb like (someone or something), feel affection for

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby