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adaada age

first light of the moon

alualumia

verb sendaway

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

anei nei

these now

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

baabaa

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flat

balaulau

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adjective ugly

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

bodobodo

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adjective short

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

buuganga

noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dagimomo

adjective few for each one

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

dee hilihili

indifferent

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

duga de gumigumi

verb allow one’s beard to grow

duudua

noun taro plot

gaa de malala

gaagaa

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noun baby

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

gili malali

adjective clean ; neat

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

hadahada ama

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

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagadaga

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

hagadaga ange

increase in

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagaholoholoi

verb to use holoholoi

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagasogosogoisi

verb

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

halehale dagodo

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

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kave houhou

verb race to take

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

laubalabala

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

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

longolongo i adamagi

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

looloa

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adjective tall; long

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

maagaga

adjective industrious

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada saosao

adjective sharp-pointed

madamada o dangada

noun in public

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

maimai ange

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

malili de biho

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adjective balding

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masagage

adjective good at fighting

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

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noun handheld fan

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modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

moni lele

noun airplane

moumousi

adjective repeatedly being mousi

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngalubelube

verb tremble or vibrate in the air

olioli

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

sauvalovalo

verb echo

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

soesoe

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

tama legalega eidu

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush