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aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

aboabo

adjective become accustomed to

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

baba ange

ready for

balabala

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adjective soft

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bobo

adjective rotten

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daahaa mada giigii

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dada de uila

an electrical storm

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

dinana donu

noun natural mother

dodo ina

bloody

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

e hanohano

have diarrhea

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

galele

verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

goobai dada

noun umbrella

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hagadaga age

improving

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagamaamaalama

verb shine on continuously

hagamalemalemo

verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagangaue

verb move (something)

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

haha

noun mouth odor

haha

noun mouthodor

hai de hilihili

hold an election

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

hanohano dua

adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)

hauhausanga

noun

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hihi mada

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eyebrow

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

laulau

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a type of basket

lele sseni

adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

lima madua

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luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

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noun ten dollar bill

madumadua

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adjective very old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

magimagi

adjective prone to illness

magimagiaa

adjective frequently magiaa

malala

noun ashes

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

mmasa bagubagu

adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

molimoli

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

momo

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quantifier few

moni lele

noun airplane

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

ngaangailu

noun hair (on the head)

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

nuinui

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

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

sogosogo

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alone

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law