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ahiahi danuaa

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good evening

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

biigii

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noun pig

biigii hahine

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noun sow

bongabonga

adjective bent up

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

dengadenga

verb having many denga

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

gai haganamunamu

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

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

galevaleva

noun birdsp.

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gelegele uli

verb black soil

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

geugeu

verb shake one’s head back and forth;

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

gumigumi

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beard

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hagaaduadu dangada

verb critical of others

hagaaoaoa

verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagadibadiba

verb rock back and forth to one side

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hale honggelegele

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noun bathroom, toilet

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hanange

adjective go to

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

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rib

lauasaasa

verb skinny

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

leuleu

adjective becoming leu (ripe)

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

loloa

adjective tall; long

maadau belubelu

noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)

madagudagu

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adjective cowardly (concerning others or supernaturals)

mademadea

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

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

magi luduludu

adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person

magimagiaa

adjective frequently magiaa

mahaahaa

adjective

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

maluulu

adjective cool

maluulu de me

the weather is cold

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

modumodu

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

moe baubau

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

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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mudumudu

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

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

sese

verb walk

silisili

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adjective stopped, ended

sinasinaina

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

somosomo

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verb to grow fast or well anywhere (e.g., as a weed)

taina daane odogu dinana

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noun maternal uncle

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear