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aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

aoao

verb becoming daylight

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

bagibagi

noun

balabala

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adjective soft

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

biigii

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noun pig

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

bungubungu

adjective plump

daa hagalele

verb unscheduled,unplanned

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daadaanga

noun appearance of

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dangau-sissisi

noun

diadia

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

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

dodo

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dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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duuduu lagi

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

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

gaigai a usu

flatus

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

gaogao

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noun, preposition hip; beside

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

gidigidi

verb short

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

gumigumi

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beard

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagadugudugu

verb crouch repeatedly

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagailangi daahaa

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagamaamaanadu

verb keep reminding or keep remembering

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hakaligali

verb grooved

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

huuhuge

verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

laulau dao gai

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

lele mouli

adjective surprised

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

longolongo i adamagi

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

luduludu

trembling

maamasa

adjective

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

mahamaha mai

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

maholahola danuaa age

revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)

maimai ange

to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

maluulu de me

the weather is cold

mammamu

noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)

mammamu

noun fish (in children’s speech only)

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

masausaua

verb be masausau

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

nganangana

adjective loud (noise) repeatedly

ngaungau-ulu

noun

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sausau

lion-fish

seesee

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verb walk

sege gee

slip or slide away from

sisi

verb write

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

soosoa

noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law