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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

adu-balebale-i-dua

noun fishsp.: bonito

aloalo-uli

adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)

anga baabaa

noun mollusk sp., spider conch

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baba age

be decided about

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

dele de maahaa

daybreak

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

duuduu lagi

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

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gai moumou

wasteful of food

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

ginigini loola

a game played by children

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaduadu dangada

verb critical of others

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagaasoaso

noun spouse

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hagamulimuli

verb "this is the end" (of a chant)

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakaligali

verb grooved

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

henua abasasa

noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

hooholo

verb

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laubalabala

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

laulau

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a type of basket

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

laulau dao gai

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

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lolo

noun oil

longolongo i leaala

rumor

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

mademadea

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

madila diadia

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

magimagiaa

adjective frequently magiaa

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malali

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adjective smooth

malili de biho

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adjective balding

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

massaganga

verb to be very dry

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

me maimai

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candy

moe baubau

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

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

ngaalulu

adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

samumu

adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>

sau aloalo

echo

sausaudia

verb continually blown upon (by the wind)

savasavali

verb always hungry

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

seene malili

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noun coins

sese

verb walk

siiviivii

verb a way of singing a child to sleep

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament