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abaaba

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noun door

agoago

noun taro fibers

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

baba donu

adjective properly settled

balagelage gee

severely crippled

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bebee

adjective be flatulent

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bodubodu

verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

boobosu

adjective

buaalali

verb flood tide

bugubugu

adjective swollen

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

daladala

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

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

daulooloa

adjective long time

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

didi

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grass skirt

dolodolo o de ava

noun <= luu dolodolo>

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

duuduu lagi

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

galevaleva

bird species

gilimalali

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adjective clean

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

gulu maimai

noun breadfruit with smooth skin

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagabasabasalia

verb cause to be convinced

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamogomgo

verb cause to be muscular

hagamulimuli

verb "this is the end" (of a chant)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hale baabaa

noun frame house

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

lollolo

oily

longolongo i adamagi

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

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

maamaa

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verb chew

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

magalili

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adjective cold

magalili mai

flow (of tide)

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

maimai

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adjective sweet

maimai mai

become maimai

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

malulu

adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

manu-mangamanga

starfish

masausau

verb goodat fighting

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

ngaangaalu

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hair

noho dodo

adjective coagulation of blood

nuinui

noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

olioli

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

saesaele

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

sao de lahalaha

adjective more wide than long

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

sinasinaina

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

sisi lima

verb longhand (writing)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

soosobo

adjective get up , jump up

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

tinana o dogu bodu

noun mother-in-law

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

ua dodo

rain of a reddish color - an omen of death

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels

vaaligiligi

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)

vaivai daahili

a dirty song