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aadiidii

verb dry (something) by artificial heat

aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

aladoidoi

noun iron (a piece of)

alasala

adjective vicious

aoao

verb becoming daylight

binaaina

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

boi dugidugi

noun idiot

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dababa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dagilagolago

adjective many for each

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

daulooloa

adjective long time

daumaha hagadaahao

noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

didi

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grass skirt

diidiingia

verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays

diilevalevanoa

noun the fifth child of a couple

dudu

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verb burn (transitive)

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gelegele

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noun sand

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gelgele dea

sand

giligili

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noun stone

giligili tai

noun horizon

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagagabugabu

verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)

hagamaamaaiongi

adjective continually hagamaaiongi

hagamaamaane de lodo

cheer up (someone)

hagamademade gaiaa

adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hakaogao

verb to sit on one buttock

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

hauhausanga

noun

hegahega

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lung

hohhoo

adjective a sound made when surprised

hoohoa laagau

adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)

kaianeane

adjective show-off

laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

labulabu sala

adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

limasisi

noun pinky finger

lobaloba

verb flapping (of a sail in the breeze)

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lodo me muimui

in the bush (uncleared area)

luduludu

trembling

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

madaangahulu daalaa buni

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noun ten dollar bill

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masoasoa

spacious

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

me hagasaga

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

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

moni gabegabe

noun paddling canoe

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

nganangana

adjective loud (noise) repeatedly

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush