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alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

baabaasi

noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

budubudu

adjective crowded together

buibui

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noun cage; fence

bulibuli

verb grab up one thing after another

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daadaa mee

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verb (intransitive) carve

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dagadagasala

verb be always blamed for

daledale

verb repeatedly touch lightly

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

dalodalosia

verb pray for

dangada agoago

adjective teacher,preacher

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

dee hilihili

indifferent

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

donadona

covered in warts/moles

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

duu midomido

adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)

duuduu lagi

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

duuduu manu

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

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gada-alaala

noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)

gadagada

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verb laugh

gadigadi

verb have itch

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

giligili tai

horizon

ginogino

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

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

haa-alaala

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

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagadaaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

hagadaga age

improving

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagalulu de langi

attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagamalemalemo

verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagamogomgo

verb cause to be muscular

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hoohoa laagau

adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kaianeane

adjective show-off

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau

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a type of basket

laulau dao gai

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

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maamaagila

adjective becoming slightly parted

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

madaangahulu daalaa buni

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noun ten dollar bill

madila diadia

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

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

maimai mai

become maimai

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masausau

verb goodat fighting

massaganga

verb to be very dry

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

meamea --

adjective becoming red

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

moemoe

adjective becoming more moe2

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

moni lele

airplane

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

seesee

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verb walk

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

sii valavala

spray

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

uaua

crave (for food)

vaaligiligi

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)

vaivaidagodo

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adjective. evil, unscrupulous, immoral

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby