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aadiidii

verb dry (something) by artificial heat

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

anaa naa

these (there) only

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

banuunu

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noun hanging basket made from coconut palm

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bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

bulubuludi

verb keep hugging

daahaa mada makaga

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii

daahaa modomodo

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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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)

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dagimomo

adjective few for each one

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

doedoe

adjective still remaining, still leftover

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gai salusalu

verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

gelegele uli

verb black soil

giigii saele

adjective giggle

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagaaoaonga

noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)

hagadamadama

verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)

hagadangadanga

verb loosen

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hale hongagelegele

noun outhouse

hanohano dua

adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hongagelegele

hongagelegele baalanga

adjective rust

huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

lahalaha

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adjective wide

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

limasisi

noun pinky finger

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

longolongo i adamagi

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

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

mada dangada ina

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

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

magimagiaa

adjective frequently magiaa

maimai mai

become maimai

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malingilingi

adjective spill out little by little

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

me hagasaga

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

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

mosongenge

noun a name children tease each other with

mounuunu

verb easily mounu

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

munamuna

adjective a short prayer

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngaoheohe

verb easily bent (impermanently)

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

singasinga

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

sisi baalasi

verb printing (block letters)

sogosogo

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orphaned

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle