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adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

agoago

noun taro fibers

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

anaa naa

these (there) only

angaanga dabu vae

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toenail

bagibagi de me

all of a sudden (violent actions)

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

baubau

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adjective bad

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

boo hagalele mouli

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

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

daadaa

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noun sweat

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

daahaa modomodo

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noun third stage of a green coconut

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dada de uila

an electrical storm

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

didi

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grass skirt

dilodilonga

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

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gaanunu

noun breast

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gai hagadoedoe

verb eat sparingly (to save for later)

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

givigivi

noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

haahaangoda

verb to fish first in one place, then in another

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagadagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamogomogo

verb cause to be muscular

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hano de mama

escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)

henua gelegele

atoll.

hilohilo me

adjective impure

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

idiidi

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noun April

ivi ngongo

noun collar bone

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

labulabu sala

adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

laulau dao gai

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

lele tuli

childbirth

lima madua

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lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lodo lagolago

adjective indecisive,undecided

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

mada baabaa

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madaangahulu daalaa buni

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noun ten dollar bill

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

malillili

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

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

massagalala

verb burned (food)

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

menemene

noun male genital organ

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

moni lele

noun airplane

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngalullulu

adjective shaky

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

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verb bleed

seene malili

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noun coins

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

vaivai daahili

a dirty song