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agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

aladoidoi

noun iron (a piece of)

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

banibani

banibani

noun sea cucumber

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

dalodaloa

verb pray for

dama madua

noun eldest child

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

dinana

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

doa agalala

noun very big giant

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

duu malaelae

an open field having no trees

duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

galegale

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

galele

verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)

galevaleva

noun birdsp.

gamagama

noun seaweedsp.

gaogao

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hip

gasigasia

verb rubbed against,scratched

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

gilimalali

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adjective clean

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagamulimuli

verb "this is the end" (of a chant)

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

hesohesongi

adjective repeatedly hesongi

holiholi

noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)

huahuaa me

noun

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

lagolagoaa

verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism

lauasaasa

verb skinny

laudodole

noun smallness

laulau

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a type of basket

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

laulaunga

noun able to be hooked

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

lima ma vae ange

work for as a servant

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

loulou

verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

mada loolodo

verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

manavanava ~ manamanava

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adjective breathing

manomano

numeral thousands and thousands

manu lele

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noun bird

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

masa bagubagu

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

massaganga

verb to be very dry

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

mogomogo ina

muscular

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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muimuia

verb be muimui

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sausau

lion-fish

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)