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alaala

noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)

aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

baba donu

adjective properly settled

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

biigii

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noun pig

boo hagalele mouli

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

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

daedae

adjective to reach many places

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

dee haihai donu

that’s for sure

diimolalaaidu

noun the tenth child of a couple

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duudua

noun taro plant

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gaadinga gaha dea

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

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

galavalava

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

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gannui mada balabala

gannui which is soft and mushy

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

ginigini

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

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

haalala

verb stand leaning

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hakaligali

verb grooved

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

hihi mada

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eyebrow

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hilohilo me

adjective impure

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

hoohoo

adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

ivi gaogao

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kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

langolango

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

laulau

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a type of basket

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maamasa

adjective

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malili

noun fish sp.: goatfish

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

masoasoa

spacious

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

molimoli

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to carry things repeatedly / in multiple trips from one place to another

moni madagidagi

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moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

mudumudu

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

muimuia

verb be muimui

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

sausaudia

verb continually blown upon (by the wind)

savasavala

adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

singa sogosogo

adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself

somosomo

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verb to grow fast or well anywhere (e.g., as a weed)

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother

vaivai

intensifier too; overly

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby