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abasasa

noun European

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

aloalo-uli

adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)

alualumia

verb sendaway

anailaa laa

it was today that

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baabaa luu lima

clap hands

baba iho

adjective recently settled

balagelage gee

severely crippled

biigii hahine

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noun sow

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

bugubugu

adjective swollen

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dama madua

noun eldest child

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

dee hilihili

indifferent

deledele saele

adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)

diidii ange

urinate against

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

gimoo lele

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noun bat

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagabulubulu ange

make do with

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

haha

noun mouthodor

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

halihalibaa

noun fishsp.: flatfish

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

henua gelegele

atoll.

holahola aalanga

adjective calisthenics,exercises

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

huluhulu mada

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noun eyebrow

huluhulu-manenga

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

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

lele

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verb fly

limasisi

noun pinky finger

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

mada gelegele

noun male child

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

malili de biho

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adjective balding

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

masausaua

verb be masausau

massogosogo

verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe

maunuunusi

adjective

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

molimoli ngaadai

adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition

momo loo huu

just a very little

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

sogosogo

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orphaned

solasola

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

tangada sisi

secretary

uaua vaaligi

noun capillary