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adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

aheahe

verb keep returning

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

aloalo-uli

adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

boo hagalele mouli

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

bulubulu malo

noun rag

bungubungu

adjective plump

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daadaa

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noun sweat

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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daahaa mada makaga

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

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dada saiolo

adjective to hoist a sail

dadango

verb repeatedly fall upon

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

demee hagaangiangi

fan

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

didi

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grass skirt

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

doo de lolomango

separated (of crude coconut oil)

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duudua

noun taro plot

duuduu manu

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

gaagaa

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noun baby

gada-alaala

noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

geugeu

verb shake one’s head back and forth;

giigii saele

giggle

gili solasola

verb leathery black skin (of humans)

gohu boo dangodango

a pitch-black night

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

gugu iho

adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haau unuunu

verb breast-feed

hadahada ama

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

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagabunibuni

verb add together from different sources

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

hegahega

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lung

hegau baubau

noun bad deeds

holahola aalanga

adjective calisthenics,exercises

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

lausese

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noun pants

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

limasisi

noun pinky finger

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

maadau daodao

noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)

maagaga

adjective industrious

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

maamaagila

adjective becoming slightly parted

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

magalili mai

flow (of tide)

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

mantis shrimp

massagalala

noun burned (food)

massogosogo

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

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

musumusu

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verb whisper

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

onoonogia

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

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

sau aloalo

echo

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

tinana

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noun mother (formal)