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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

agaaga

noun having lots of roots

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

alualumia

verb sendaway

anailaa laa

it was today that

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

angaanga mada nia

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fingernail

angaange magau

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noun dead body

bigobigo

adjective bent up (having several bends)

biho ngaalulu

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headache

biigii hahine

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noun sow

boi dugidugi

noun idiot

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dada de uila

an electrical storm

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dala-hagalulu-madangi

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

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

donadona

verb covered with dona

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gaigai a usu

flatus

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gelegele

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noun sand

giligili

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noun stone

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

gobegobe

adjective cough (repeatedly)

goononga

noun a record (set in competitive sports)

goononga gee

to setarecord

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagasugisugi

verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hala dudu

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

hale honggelegele

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noun bathroom, toilet

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hiihidi

verb

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

huuhuge

verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)

huuhuu

verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)

laulau

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a type of basket

laulau

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noun serving dish basket made from coconut palm

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laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lele tuli

childbirth

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

lollolo

oily

lolo

oil

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

loloa

adjective tall; long

looloa

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adjective tall; long

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maahaa

adjective daybreak

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

mada looloa

adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madumadua

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adjective very old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

malili

noun fish sp.: goatfish

mammamu

noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

massagalala

verb burned (food)

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

munamuna

adjective a short prayer

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngaoheohe

verb easily bent (impermanently)

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

sese

verb walk

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

solasola

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

suusu

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noun shoe