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aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

avaava

verb full of holes

baba donu

adjective properly settled

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

basa degidegi

adjective speak disconnectedly with rage

bingibingi

noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)

bonabona age

become fearful

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

bulubulu dangada

noun unimportant person

buubudu

adjective crowded together closely

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

dada age

verb raise (a flag)

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

daumaha hagatoo donu

noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)

de ulu hagabolebole

topmost part of any standing object

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

dele de boialiali

daybreak

deledele hainga a me

rush because of an emergency

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

dodo

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noun blood

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dolodolo manu ligi

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

dongidongi

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

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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duuduu lagi

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

duumugamuga

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noun butt

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gai hilihili

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

galavalava

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

galogalo

adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)

galu/augau

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mucus

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

giligili tai

noun horizon

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagadamadama

verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)

hagadibadiba de lima

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagailangi daahaa

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagasugisugi

verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate

hai dinana

adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

hilihili

verb choose carefully from among many,election

hohonga

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noun nest

hongagelegele baalanga

rust

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

hoohoa

verb

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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ilaila

verb having more than one ila

ivi ngongo

noun collarbone

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

lele biho

adjective dive head first

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

maadau daodao

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

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

madamada o dangada

noun in public

magi luduludu

adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person

magimagi

adjective prone to illness

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

mmasa bagubagu

adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

muimuia

verb be muimui

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngalongalo

adjective forgetful,absent-minded

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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sisi lima

verb longhand (writing)

tangada maagaga

industrious person

vaivai

intensifier too; overly