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aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

adaada age

first light of the moon

baba donu

adjective properly settled

bagibagi

noun

bala langi

noun rain

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

de ulu hagabolebole

topmost part of any standing object

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dogi daadaa

noun adze with a small blade for light chipping

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

dumugamuga

noun butt

gaa de malala

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gadagada

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verb laugh

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

ginigini loola

a game played by children

goononga gee

to setarecord

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

gumigumi

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chin

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagabibi

verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

halehale dagodo lodo

nauseated

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

hano de mama

escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hihi mada

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eyebrow

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

huuhuu

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

ivi gaogao

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laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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lili baasi gee

accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

lolomango

noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luuluu

verb to shake (something) back and forth

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

mada dangada ina

a person of importance (who is liked by the people)

mada looloa

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

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

mademadea

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

madila diadia

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

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

malumalu-tangohi

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

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

masausau

verb goodat fighting

mavaevae

adjective scattered

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngaoheohe

verb easily bent (impermanently)

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sisi baalasi

verb printing (block letters)

sisi gaadinga

to cut copra

somosomo

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

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

ua dodo

rain of a reddish color - an omen of death

uaua vaaligi

noun capillary