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adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

agoago

verb learning, teaching

baba

adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready

baba donu

adjective properly settled

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

budubudu

adjective crowded together

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daaganga

noun way of travelling

dada de uila

an electrical storm

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

degidegi

adjective ticklish

diadia

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

diidiinga

noun manner of urinating

dua hagalalo

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

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duu mugamuga

noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gaagaa

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noun baby

gadigadi

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noun itch

gagai

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

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

gannui mada balabala

gannui which is soft and mushy

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gau looloa gaadinga

noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts

gegeli

adjective struggle

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

gonogono

adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly

goononga gee

to setarecord

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagamulimuli

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

haha

noun mouth odor

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

honohono

verb having hono in several places

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

isiisi luu gauasa

to tear from limb to limb

laagii baubau

noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

lau hadihadi

verb having wavy hair

laubalabala

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

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maaloolo

adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

madamada

adjective half-cooked

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

maholehole

adjective scraped,scaled (fish)

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

mammamu

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

manavanava

adjective breathing

manavanava ~ manamanava

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adjective breathing

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

maunuunusi

adjective

moe baubau

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

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

saelesaele

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

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sege gee

slip or slide away from

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

silasila

verb look around for

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun paternal uncle

tama legalega eidu

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels

vaivai

intensifier too; overly