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aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

baabaa

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flat

bala langi

noun rain

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bilibili-hadu

noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

bulibuli

verb grab up one thing after another

bulubulu malo

noun rag

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daaganga

noun way of travelling

daahaa mada makaga

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

dabuvae sisi

noun little toe

dala-dalaa-moa

noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.

dama moemoe sala

noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

dengadenga

verb having many denga

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

duu midomido

adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

galavalava

the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

gaugau dalinga

noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle

geugeu

verb shake one’s head back and forth;

gobegobe

adjective cough (repeatedly)

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagaavaava

verb provide or receive support continually

hagabalagelage

verb to have come to be unable to walk

hagabaubauanga

adjective to have been criticized

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagalalo

verb angling (a fishing method)

hagalulu de langi

attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

hagaongaonga

verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

hauhausanga

noun

henua abasasa

noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

hoohonu

verb

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

huuhuaa mee

sorcery (made with chants)

kano mugamuga

adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)

kave houhou

verb race to take

laagii baubau

noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

longolongo i leaala

rumor

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

mada saosao

adjective sharp-pointed

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malibilibia

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

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

me hagasaga

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

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

molimoli ange

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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saesaele

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

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sege gee

slip or slide away from

solasola

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

tangada agoago

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noun teacher

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother