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alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

angaanga dabu vae

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toenail

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bodobodo

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adjective short

budubudu

adjective crowded together

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

dada

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verb pull

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dagadagasala

verb be always blamed for

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dangadanga

adjective loose (not tight) ; sieve

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

daumaha hagadaahao

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

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dee haihai donu

that’s for sure

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

duuduu

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gaogao

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noun, preposition hip; beside

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gelegele dea

verb sand

giigii saele

giggle

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goobai dada

noun umbrella

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaadaada

verb getting to be near daybreak

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagagaagaa

verb behave like a baby

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamalemalemo

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

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hakaligali

verb grooved

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hodahoda

adjective gasp for breath (more than once)

hongagelegele baalanga

rust

huuhuna

adjective hide

kaianeane

adjective show-off

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

laulaunga

noun able to be hooked

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lobaloba

verb flapping (of a sail in the breeze)

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

looloa

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adjective tall; long

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

maluilui

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

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu lele

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noun bird

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-mangamanga

starfish

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

masagage

adjective good at fighting

massaganga

verb to be very dry

me maimai

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candy

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

moe baubau

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

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

noomeemea

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

nuinui

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

onoonogia

verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)