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aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

aheahe

verb keep returning

angaanga mada nia

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fingernail

au taadaaia

verb don’t rush take it easy

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

baba

adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready

baba donu

adjective properly settled

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daaganga

noun way of travelling

daahaa mada makaga

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

dada de uila

an electrical storm

dadango

verb repeatedly fall upon

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dahi de gumigumi

shave one’s beard

daladala

adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish

dalodalo

verb pray

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

diidii ange

urinate against

dodo

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blood

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gaadinga hagaangiangi

copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)

gadigadi gauvae

adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gai moumou

wasteful of food

galevaleva

bird species

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

gidigidi laa lalo

a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagagaagaa

verb behave like a baby

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hala dudu

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

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

hano de mama

escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

lele tuli

childbirth

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lima ma vae ange

work for as a servant

lollolo

oily

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaagila

adjective becoming slightly parted

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada o dangada

noun in public

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malibilibi

adjective crack (of a whip)

malili

noun fish sp.: goatfish

malili de biho

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adjective balding

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

menemene

noun male genital organ

modomodo

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noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

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molomolo

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adjective round, clear in outline

momo

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quantifier few

mouli-o-nono

noun <= malianoono>

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sau aloalo

echo

sausaubaligi

verb always saubaligi

sii diidii

adjective urinate

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream