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adaada

dawn (first light)

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

bala langi

noun rain

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

buubudu

adjective crowded together closely

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

daadaaligidanga

noun the way of being moved about in the air

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

daedae

adjective to reach many places

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

de ulu hagabolebole

topmost part of any standing object

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

dinana donu

noun natural mother

gaadinga gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga

gaadinga hagaangiangi

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

galevaleva

bird species

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

gaogao

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noun, preposition hip; beside

gelegele dea

verb sand

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

gogoo

adjective

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagabadabaataianga

noun

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagamaamaanadu

verb keep reminding or keep remembering

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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huuhuli

verb

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

lavalava lau manu

a sarong of material with a flowered pattern

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolomango

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

luduludu

trembling

maamaagila

adjective becoming slightly parted

mada looloa

adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

maholehole

adjective scraped,scaled (fish)

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

maluulu

adjective cool

manu lele

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noun bird

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

moe baubau

adjective sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony

mogomogo

noun muscle

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

ngudu maimai

adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

olioli

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

saelesaele

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

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sao de lahalaha

adjective more wide than long

sausaubaligi

verb always saubaligi

seene malili

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noun coins

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

sii diidii

adjective urinate

sii valavala

adjective spray

sogosogo

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orphaned

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear