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abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

adu-balebale-i-dua

noun fishsp.: bonito

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

agoago

noun taro fibers

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toenail

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

buubudu

adjective crowded together closely

dabadaballahi

adjective more-or-less thin

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

degidegi

adjective ticklish

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

doa agalala

noun very big giant

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

doo de lolomango

separated (of crude coconut oil)

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duudua

noun taro plant

duuduu lagi

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

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gai hilihili

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

gai moumou

wasteful of food

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

galele

verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

haahadi

verb

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagaaoaoa

verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)

hagaasoaso

noun spouse

hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagabudubudu

verb accumulate repeatedly

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagaduidui

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

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagalolo

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

hagamaamaanadu

verb keep reminding or keep remembering

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hale honggelegele

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noun bathroom, toilet

heehee

adjective cry out

hohhoo

adjective a sound made when surprised

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

huluhulu-manenga

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

huluhulua

verb hairy

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lele tuli

childbirth

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

luduludu

trembling

maadau belubelu

noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manavanava

adjective breathing

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

mangamanga

adjective having many manga

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

massogosogo

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

me hagasaga

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

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

modomodo

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

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moni lele

noun airplane

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

ngaangaa-ulu

noun hair of the head

onoonogia

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

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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sali dodo

adjective bleed

savasavala

adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

sii diidii

adjective urinate

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sisi lima

verb longhand (writing)

tinana

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noun mother (formal)

vaivaidagodo

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adjective. evil, unscrupulous, immoral