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aheahe

verb keep returning

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

baabaa

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flat

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

biigii hahine

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noun sow

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

buaalali

verb flood tide

daadaanga sala

adjective ugly-looking

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

dada saiolo

adjective to hoist a sail

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dangada agoago

adjective teacher,preacher

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

degidegi

adjective ticklish

dibidibi

noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves

dihidihi

noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

donadona

verb covered with dona

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

gaagaa

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noun baby

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gaigai a usu

flatus

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

gelegele

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adjective dirty

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

giligili tai

noun horizon

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

gohu boo dangodango

a pitch-black night

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagaaoao

verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagangaue

verb move (something)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

henua abasasa

noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hilohilo me

adjective impure

holiholi

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

hongagelegele

hungahunga a nui

the flower of the coconut tree

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lou de gaugau dalinga

pull the trigger (of a gun)

loulou

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

maadegadega

noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mahaahaa

adjective

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

manavanava

adjective breathing

manu lele

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noun bird

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

manu-mangamanga

starfish

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

me-e-ligi

noun taro corm (small)

mogomogo

noun muscle

moigaga

noun fibers of the coconut husk

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/11/15

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

sisi

verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

taina ahine odogu dinana

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noun maternal aunt

tama legalega eidu

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

tinana o dogu bodu

noun mother-in-law

vaivai

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