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abasasa huu

European in manner or appearance

aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

alualu

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verb fish, hunt (during the day)

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

baba age

be decided about

babaa

adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

bonabona age

become fearful

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

daahaa mada giigii

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo

dada

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verb pull

dada gaehala

verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)

dahi-malali

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

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dangidangi keli

adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dihidihi

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

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

dolodolo o de ava

noun <= luu dolodolo>

dolodolona

verb often flooded

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

duga de gumigumi

verb allow one’s beard to grow

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

duuduu lagi

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

gai dagidagi

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

gai hagalulu

adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait

galu/augau

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mucus

gelegele

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adjective dirty

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

haangoda dugidugi

adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagamogomogo

verb cause to be muscular

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

huaalaangi

noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only

kaianeane

adjective show-off

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

longolongo i leaala

rumor

loulou

verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

magalili

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verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

magi iviivi

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

malala

noun ashes

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

malibilibi

adjective crack (of a whip)

maluulu

adjective cool

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

maunuunusi

adjective

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

modomodo

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

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moemoe

adjective becoming more moe2

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moni lele

noun airplane

moumou

verb wasteful,waste (something)

musumusu

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verb whisper

neveneve

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noun spider

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sali dodo

adjective bleed

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sege gee

slip or slide away from

sinasinaa

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

somosomo

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verb to grow fast or well anywhere (e.g., as a weed)

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)