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abaaba

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noun door

abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

agoago

noun taro fibers

aheahe

verb keep returning

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

balagelage gee

severely crippled

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

bolobolo a sogo

noun a type of basket

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

daedae

adjective to reach many places

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dagodo daudahi

adjective having the same characteristics, be alike

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dangada agoago

adjective teacher,preacher

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dengadenga

verb having many denga

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

doo de lolomango

separated (of crude coconut oil)

dumugamuga

noun butt

duuduu lagi

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gegeli

adjective struggle

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

goononga gee

to setarecord

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

haahadi

verb

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagabaubauanga

adjective to have been criticized

hagadaga age

improving

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamalemolemo

verb

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hale baabaa

noun frame house

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hoohoa

verb

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

huluhulu-manenga

time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")

hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

huuhuli

verb

kano mugamuga

adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lolo

noun oil

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’ conversation

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

magalili

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adjective cold

magi luduludu

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

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

saelesaele

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

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sisi baalasi

verb printing (block letters)

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels