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abaaba

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noun door

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

anei nei

these now

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

baabaa

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flat

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baba

noun fish sp., squirrelfish

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

basa degidegi

adjective speak disconnectedly with rage

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bobo

adjective rotten

budubudu

adjective crowded together

bungubungu

adjective plump

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

dee haihai donu

that’s for sure

dele de maahaa

daybreak

dogi daadaa

noun adze with a small blade for light chipping

donadona

covered in warts/moles

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gadigadi

noun itch

galavalava

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

galavalava

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

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

gaogao

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geegeno

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gelegele uli

verb black soil

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

ginigini

noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)

gobegobe

adjective cough (repeatedly)

gogono

adjective moan

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

haangoda dugidugi

adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)

hagadaga age

improving

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagalongolongo ngadaa

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

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

huluhulu mada

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noun eyebrow

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

langolango

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

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lausese

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noun pants

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

limamalie

good at massaging

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

looloa

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adjective tall; long

luduludu

verb trembling

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

maanadu bodobodo

adjective limited in intelligence

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

mahaahaa

adjective

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

maholehole

adjective scraped,scaled (fish)

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manu-mangamanga

starfish

massagalala

verb burned (food)

massogosogo

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

moana magalili

a cold underwater current

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

moigaga

noun fibers of the coconut husk

moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

mudumudu

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adjective slow moving (while working), slow acting, slow thinking

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

ngaungau

noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

nuinui

noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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sali dodo

adjective bleed

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

sibasiba

verb to walk off-balance

siiviivii

verb a way of singing a child to sleep

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)