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aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

aheahe

verb keep returning

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

anailaa laa

it was today that

anei nei

these now

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

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dada

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verb pull

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

donadona

covered in warts/moles

dongidongi

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

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

gadigadi

noun itch

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

giidada

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

goononga gee

to setarecord

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagagabugabu

verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

halihalibaa

noun fishsp.: flatfish

huluhulua

verb hairy

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

iviivia

verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lolo

oil

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)

maagaga

adjective industrious

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

mada saosao

adjective sharp-pointed

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

maluulu de me

the weather is cold

mammamu

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

mammamu

noun fish (in children’s speech only)

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

masausau

verb goodat fighting

me maimai

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candy

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

muimuia

verb be muimui

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

noho hagamolomolo

adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)

nuinui

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

nuinui

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

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

silasila

verb look around for

singasinga

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verb to wave back and forth (as a coconut tree in the wind)

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)