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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

anaa naa

these (there) only

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

baabaoa

verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

bani-gegeva

noun

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

budubudu

adjective crowded together

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

dao dahuuhuu

noun ridgepole (lower)

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

dodo

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noun blood

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

doo de lolomango

separated (of crude coconut oil)

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

duuduu lagi

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

gada-alaala

noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)

gai haganamunamu

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

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gaogao

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noun, preposition hip; beside

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gogono

adjective moan

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagabaabaagia

verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hakaligali

verb grooved

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

hanange

adjective go to

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

hauhausanga

noun

hegahega

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lung

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

holehole

verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)

huluhulua

verb hairy

laaladi

verb to scratch (an itch)

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

laulau dao gai

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

lausese

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noun pants

lele tuli

adjective parturition

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

lodolodo

adjective to be desirous continually

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

maadau belubelu

noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)

maamaa

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verb chew

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

mahaahaa

adjective

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malali

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adjective smooth

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malingilingi

adjective spill out little by little

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

masausaua

verb be masausau

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

me-e-ligi

noun taro corm (small)

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

nuinui

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

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sao de lahalaha

adjective more wide than long

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

vaivai

intensifier too; overly