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aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

adaadeu

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

ahiahi danuaa

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good evening

alasala

adjective vicious

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

alohaha

noun throat (of fish only)

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

baabaa

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flat

baabaoa

verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bedibedi

adjective getting fat

bonabona age

become fearful

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

dada me

adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)

dada moni

adjective to beach a canoe without using runners

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dogi daadaa

noun adze with a small blade for light chipping

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

duu ubu haohao

noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

duudua

noun taro plot

gaanunu

noun breast

gadigadi

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noun itch

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

gau looloa gaadinga

noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

gidigidi laa lalo

a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive

haahaa

verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hagaaneane

verb console; excite sexually

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagamademade gaiaa

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

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hakaligali

verb grooved

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

hauhausanga

noun

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hihi mada

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eyebrow

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

lavalava lau manu

a sarong of material with a flowered pattern

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

lima ma vae ange

work for as a servant

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

lollolo

verb oily

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madamada o dangada

noun in public

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

mahamaha

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adjective beautiful

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

maholahola danuaa age

revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)

maimai mai

become maimai

malili

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adjective scattered

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

masoasoa

adjective spacious

mee daadaa

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noun carved object; the act of carving

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

momo

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quantifier few

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

musumusu

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verb whisper

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

noganoga

verb a method of plaiting mats

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sausaubaligi

verb always saubaligi

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream