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aalali

noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom

abaaba

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noun door

abasasa

noun European

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

aloalo me

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

alualu

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verb fish, hunt (during the day)

anaa naa

these (there) only

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

bagibagi de me

all of a sudden (violent actions)

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

bani-gegeva

noun

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

buubuu

verb divination

buuganga

noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose

daadaanga

noun appearance of

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

didi

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grass skirt

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dodo ina

bloody

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

gelegele

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noun sand

giligili tai

horizon

ginigini loola

a game played by children

gumigumi

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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

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hale honggelegele

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noun bathroom, toilet

hauhausanga

noun

henua abasasa

noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

henua gelegele

atoll.

lagolagohia

verb wounded in several places or all over

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

laubalabala

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

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

loloa

adjective tall; long

longolongo i leaala

rumor

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

maadegadega

noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

mada saosao

adjective sharp-pointed

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

magalili tai

adjective flow (of tide)

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

malemalemo

adjective

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

manomano

numeral thousands and thousands

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

moumou

verb wasteful,waste (something)

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

namanama

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

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

noomeemea

a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave

saiolo duli magaga

noun a type of string figure

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

savasavali

verb always hungry

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sii valavala

adjective spray

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

tangada maagaga

industrious person

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)