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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

adaada age

first light of the moon

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

baabaa ama

verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

balaulau

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adjective ugly

basabasalia

verb be talked about frequently

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

bubu

adjective move about

dabadaballahi

adjective more-or-less thin

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dali hagavagavaga

verb <= hagavagavaga>

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dangadanga

adjective loose (not tight) ; sieve

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

dee haihai donu

that’s for sure

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

dihidihi

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

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

duudua

noun taro plant

duuduu manu

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

gaadinga hagaangiangi

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

gaagaa

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noun baby

gabuibui

noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)

galevaleva

bird species

gaogao

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noun, preposition hip; beside

geegeno

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noun crocodile

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gogo gi mua

bent forward

gogono

adjective moan

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

haangoda dugidugi

adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hagabibi

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

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagalili

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

haha

noun mouthodor

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

isiisi luu gauasa

to tear from limb to limb

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

laulau

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a type of basket

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

loulou

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

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

madaangahulu daalaa buni

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noun ten dollar bill

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

maholehole

adjective scraped,scaled (fish)

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malangilangi

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adjective happy

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

manu lele

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noun bird

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

milomilosanga

the way in which a current moves about

mmasa bagubagu

adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

ngalullulu

adjective shaky

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

solasola

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

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tangada sisi

secretary

vaivai daahili

a dirty song