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aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

avaava

verb full of holes

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

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

bodobodo

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adjective short

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

daadaa

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noun sweat

daadaa mee

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verb (intransitive) carve

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

dee hilihili

indifferent

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

dogi daadaa

noun adze with a small blade for light chipping

dongidongi

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

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duu ubu haohao

noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

gai moumou

wasteful of food

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

gamugamua

verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gaogao

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hip

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

gilimalali

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adjective clean

gohu boo dangodango

a pitch-black night

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

gumigumi

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chin

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaaoao

verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagadahadaha

verb keep staying away

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagalulu de langi

attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamaamaalama

verb shine on continuously

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamulimuli

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

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hagasogosogoisi

verb

hagasugisugi

verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

henua gelegele

atoll.

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

hoohoa

verb

hooholo

verb

huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

idiidi

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noun April

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

laanganga

noun way of plaiting

lagalagai

verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

legalega

noun smallness

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lima madua

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lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

luu adaadeu

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

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madahuuhua

verb pimple

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

modomodo

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noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

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molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

ouou

adjective yes yes

sinasinaa

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

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun paternal uncle