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agoago

verb learning, teaching

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

alasala

adjective vicious

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

angaanga

noun body

bani-gegeva

noun

belubelu

noun fish sp.: scad

buibui

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noun cage; fence

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

bungubungu

adjective plump

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dama moemoe sala

noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

dangidangi keli

adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dengadenga

verb having many denga

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dilodilonga

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

dinana mai i daha

stepmother

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu molomolo

visible clearly

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

galegale

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

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

guba-baabaa

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

hadu-uaua

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagaaoaoa

verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagalongolongo ngadaa

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

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagasogosogoisi

verb

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

hongagelegele

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

huaalaangi

noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only

huluhulua

verb hairy

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

langolangona

adjective repeatedly heard or felt

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

legalega

noun smallness

lele tuli

childbirth

lili mahangahanga

adjective mad as the devil

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

mada looloa

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

madagudagu

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adjective cowardly (concerning others or supernaturals)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

maimai de ngudu

adjective sweet-talker

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

molimoli

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

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

sali dodo

bleed

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

seesee

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verb walk

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)