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aloalo-mea

adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)

anailaa laa

it was today that

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

baba donu

adjective properly settled

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

biho ngaalulu

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headache

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

bugubugu

adjective swollen

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

daa hagalele

verb unscheduled,unplanned

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

dala-hagalulu-madangi

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

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dee hilihili

indifferent

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

dele de boialiali

daybreak

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

dili ebuebu

verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)

dinana donu

noun natural mother

doa agalala

very big giant

duu ubu haohao

noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

geegeno

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noun crocodile

gegeno

noun alligator,crocodile

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

gogo gi mua

bent forward

goobai dada

noun umbrella

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

googoo

noun dark images, shadows in the darkness

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hagaaliali

verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism

hagadugudugu

verb crouch repeatedly

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahaahine

adjective treat as women

hagalolo

verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food

hagamalangilangi

verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

hale baabaa

noun frame house

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

hodahoda

adjective gasp for breath (more than once)

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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laalanga

noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)

labelabe-uliuli

noun fishsp.: wrasse

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

lala

verb to roast

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

limalima

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adjective dexterous; quick

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

mada looloa

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

maimai

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adjective sweet

malamala

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noun small bits of things (e.g. sawdust)

malamalau

adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malemalemo

adjective

malillili

adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manu lele vaaligiligi

noun flying insect

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

massogosogolia

verb to have been by oneself

maunuunusi

adjective

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

momo dai sii

a very very little (in quantity)

momo loo huu

just a very little

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

musumusu

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verb whisper

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

onoonogia

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

samumu

adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

siisiia

verb fished in (place)

silasila

verb look around for

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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sisi

verb write

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

unuunu

nurse (at the breast)