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ahiahi

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noun evening

aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

anei nei

these now

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

bebee

adjective be flatulent

biigii

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noun pig

bilibili-hadu

noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

bonabona age

become fearful

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

daadaaligidanga

noun the way of being moved about in the air

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

dele de maahaa

daybreak

didi

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grass skirt

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dodo ina

bloody

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duu mugamuga

noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gabugabu

shore

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gelgele dea

sand

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

giigii saele

adjective giggle

gimoo lele

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noun bat

ginigini loola

a game played by children

gogoo

adjective

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

gumigumi

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beard

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hagadaga age

improving

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadibadiba

verb rock back and forth to one side

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagaholoholoi

verb to use holoholoi

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagamalangilangi

verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hagamulimuli

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

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

heboheboohagi

adjective fight frequently

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

honohono

verb having hono in several places

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

idiidi

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noun April

laba ngaugau

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

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

maadau belubelu

noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

madahuuhua

verb pimple

madolidoli

verb of unusual age or size

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi iviivi

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

magi luduludu

adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person

maholahola danuaa age

revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)

malala

noun ashes

malianoono

lizard fish

malili

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adjective scattered

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

masimasi

noun dolphin

molimoli

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

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sausau

lion-fish

savasavali

verb always hungry

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

sii valavala

spray

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather