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abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

aliali

noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

baabaasi

noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)

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

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bebe

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noun butterfly

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

bibi-maadau

noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

binaaina

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

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

bulibuli

verb grab up one thing after another

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daahaa mada makaga

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

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

dodo ina

bloody

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duu ubu haohao

noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

gaa de malala

gaanunu

noun breast

galabe-duiduia

noun seacucumber sp.

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

gamagama

noun seaweedsp.

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

giligili tai

noun horizon

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

gogo gi mua

bent forward

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagadaaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

hagadibadiba de lima

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagalolo

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

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly, delay

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

halehale dangada

noun a suspicious character

hiihii mada

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noun eyelash(es)

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

ivi gaogao

noun rib

ivi gaogao

noun rib

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

laulau

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a type of basket

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

limamalie

good at massaging

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaa

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verb chew

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada dao

noun prow of a fast ship

madamada o dangada

noun in public

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malala

noun ashes

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

midomido

noun end of (e.g., a stick)

modomodo

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

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moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

ngalubelube

verb tremble or vibrate in the air

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

noho dodo

adjective coagulation of blood

ohooho

verb frightened by noise

onoonogia

verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

saesaele

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

samumu

adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

somosomo

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

ssuonioni

sand

vivi

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noun female genital area