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abasasa

noun European

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

anailaa laa

it was today that

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

augau

verb pus

biho ngaalulu

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headache

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daadaaligidanga

noun the way of being moved about in the air

dada de uila

an electrical storm

daedae

adjective to reach many places

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

daladala

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

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

de ulu hagabolebole

topmost part of any standing object

dodo

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dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

gadagada

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verb laugh

gai moumou

wasteful of food

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

gelegele dea

verb sand

gelegele uli

verb black soil

gelgele dea

sand

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

haahadi

verb

hadahada

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chest

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagalagolago

verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai de hilihili

hold an election

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hooholo

verb

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maagaga

adjective industrious

maahaa

adjective daybreak

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

me maimai

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candy

milomilosanga

the way in which a current moves about

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

modumodu

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

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

momo

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quantifier few

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

mudumudu

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adjective slow moving (while working), slow acting, slow thinking

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

noho baba

live peacefully

ouou

adjective yes yes

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

sau aloalo

verb echo

seni ahiahi

adjective go to bed early (in the evening)

siiviivii

verb a way of singing a child to sleep

sogosogoisi

adjective

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber