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abaaba

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noun door

alohaha

noun throat (of fish only)

bebee

adjective be flatulent

boi dugidugi

noun idiot

boo seniseni

noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)

bugubugu

adjective swollen

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dalodalo

verb pray

dama moemoe sala

noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery

dao dahuuhuu

noun ridgepole (lower)

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

dengadenga

verb having many denga

dihidihi

noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

dudu de niho

a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

duliduli

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

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

gaanunu

noun breast

gabugabu

shore

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gannui mada balabala

gannui which is soft and mushy

geegeno

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noun crocodile

givigivi

noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

gugu

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

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagaaneane

verb console; excite sexually

hagaavaava

verb provide or receive support continually

hagadaga ange

increase in

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagamalangilangi

verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagamomo

verb reduce in quantity

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hiihidi

verb

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

hongagelegele baalanga

adjective rust

hoohonu

verb

huluhulu mada

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noun eyebrow

huluhulu-manenga

time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")

hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

huuhuu

noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

ivi gaogao

noun rib

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

limamalie

good at massaging

lolo

noun oil

looloa

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adjective tall; long

madaangahulu daalaa buni

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noun ten dollar bill

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

maluilui

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

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manu-hai-hau

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masa bagubagu

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

massogosogolia

verb to have been by oneself

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngaungau-ulu

noun

odiodi

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adjective long since finished, done or gone; long since, a long time ago

onoonogia

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

saelesaele

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

sau aloalo

verb echo

sinasinaa

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

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream