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aadiidii

verb dry (something) by artificial heat

adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

ahiahi

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noun evening

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

balagelage gee

severely crippled

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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boi dugidugi

noun idiot

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

daadaaligidanga

noun the way of being moved about in the air

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dangau-sissisi

noun

daulooloa

adjective long time

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

dele de boialiali

daybreak

diidii ange

urinate against

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

dungudungua

verb repeatedly smell (something)

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gadagada

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verb laugh

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

gegeli

adjective struggle

giidada

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

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

gugu

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

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

holehole

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

hongagainga

adjective urinate

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

huuhuu

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

ivi gaogao

noun rib

laaladi

verb to scratch (an itch)

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

laba ngaugau

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

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lagolagoaa

verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

lausese

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noun pants

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolomango

noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)

luduludu

trembling

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madamada

adjective half-cooked

magalili

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adjective cold

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

masagage

adjective good at fighting

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

me maimai

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candy

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

mimi

adjective urinate

moe baubau

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

molimoli

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

momo

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quantifier few

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

musumusu

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verb whisper

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

nganangana

adjective loud (noise) repeatedly

ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

ngaungau-ulu

noun

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

onoonogia

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

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

salasalani

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

sao de lahalaha

adjective more wide than long

sauvalovalo

verb echo

seesee

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verb walk

seevoivoi

adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over