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abasasa huu

European in manner or appearance

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

baabaa

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flat

baabaoa

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

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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daangenge

verb meaty (not having much fat)

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dagaligiligi

adjective broken into small pieces

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

dahi-malali

time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

dali hagavagavaga

verb <= hagavagavaga>

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

degidegi

adjective ticklish

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dodo

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noun blood

doedoe

adjective still remaining, still leftover

dolodolo o de ava

noun <= luu dolodolo>

dolodolona

verb often flooded

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

doo togonogo

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

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

duuduu

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

duumugamuga

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noun butt

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

geugeu

verb shake one’s head back and forth;

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

givigivi

noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

goononga gee

to setarecord

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaaneane

verb console; excite sexually

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagalili

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

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hine huuhua

noun pregnant woman

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

lagolagohia

verb wounded in several places or all over

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

mademadea

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

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

malianoono

lizard fish

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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moe baubau

adjective sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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mugamuga

verb the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed

munamuna

adjective a short prayer

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

saesaele

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

sau aloalo

echo

savasavali

verb always hungry

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

tangada maagaga

industrious person

uaua

crave (for food)

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament