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adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

alohaha

noun throat (of fish only)

augaua

verb infected

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

basa degidegi

adjective speak disconnectedly with rage

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

bilibili-hadu

noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bonabona age

become fearful

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

bulubuludi

verb keep hugging

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daadaa

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noun sweat

daadaa mee

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verb (intransitive) carve

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

daladala

verb say again and again

de ahiahi danua

good evening

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

dogi daadaa

noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)

doo de lolomango

separated (of crude coconut oil)

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

dungudungua

verb repeatedly smell (something)

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

duumugamuga

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noun butt

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

galavalava

the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

gelegele

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adjective dirty

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hakaligali

verb grooved

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

holiholi

noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)

hoohoo ina

to frighten with sounds

huuhuaa me

sorcery (made with chants)

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

laba ngaugau

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

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’ conversation

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

mada gelegele

noun male child

magakaga

adjective firmly attached

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

malillili

adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

mammamu

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

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

menemene

noun male genital organ

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

odiodi

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adjective long since finished, done or gone; long since, a long time ago

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sali dodo

bleed

sali dodo

adjective bleed

sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

silasila

verb look around for