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adiadi

verb relate repeatedly

aheahe

verb keep returning

aloalo me

noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll

amuamu iho

noun drizzle

angaange magau

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noun dead body

baabaasi

noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

daladala

adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dangadanga

adjective loose (not tight) ; sieve

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

daulooloa

adjective long time

dauoni-baabaa

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

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

dongidongi

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

dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gadigadi gauvae

adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)

galegale

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

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gaogao

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gau looloa gaadinga

noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts

gegeli

adjective struggle

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

hadahada ama

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

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagababa

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

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadagado

hagadagado

to draft (a carving)

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagabugabu

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

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagalili

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagamaamaalama

verb shine on continuously

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hilohilo me

adjective impure

hodahoda

adjective gasp for breath (more than once)

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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ivi gaogao

noun rib

laalaa

verb having many branches

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

lollolo

oily

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

maamasa

adjective

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

madolidoli

verb of unusual age or size

maholahola danuaa age

revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malali

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adjective smooth

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

mammami

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adjective delicious (general)

manavanava ~ manamanava

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adjective breathing

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni gabegabe

noun paddling canoe

moni lele

noun airplane

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

silasila

verb look around for

soesoe

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

tangada sisi

secretary

uaua vaaligi

noun capillary

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)