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aheahe

verb keep returning

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

alasala

adjective vicious

anaa naa

these (there) only

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

bala langi

noun rain

balaulau

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adjective ugly

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

boobosu

adjective

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

bulubulu malo

noun rag

buuganga

noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose

dada

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verb pull

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dama madua

noun eldest child

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

danudanu

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

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

diimolalaaidu

noun the tenth child of a couple

dilodilonga

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

dilodilonga

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

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

dumugamuga

noun butt

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duudua

noun taro plot

gaadinga gaha paa

noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gadagada

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verb laugh

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

giligili tai

noun horizon

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hatahata

noun chest (body part)

hilihili

verb choose carefully from among many,election

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

huaalaangi

noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

kave houhou

verb race to take

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

laaladi

verb to scratch (an itch)

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

lele

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verb fly

lele mouli

adjective surprised

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

limamalie

good at massaging

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lodo lagolago

adjective indecisive,undecided

lolomango

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

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

mada dangada ina

a person of importance (who is liked by the people)

mada lahalaha

adjective appear to be wide

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

madumadua

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adjective very old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

seene malili

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noun coins

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

sogosogoisi

adjective

ssuilebelebe

completely wet all over

suusu

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noun shoe

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

umiumidi

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verb like (someone or something), feel affection for