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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

aloalo

verb to paddle (a canoe)

angaanga madania

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noun fingernail

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

banganga

noun fish sp.: wrasse

basa baubau

verb speak badly of someone

bebee

adjective be flatulent

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

bongabonga

adjective bent up

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

daahaa mada makaga

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

dada age

verb raise (a flag)

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dangidangi

adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant

daudai

adjective skillful fisherman

dele de maahaa

daybreak

deledele saele

adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

dinana

noun mother (formal)

dinana donu

noun natural mother

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

gelgele dea

sand

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

giigii saele

adjective giggle

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagadaga ange

increase in

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagaholoholoi

verb to use holoholoi

hagalagolago

verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagamademade gaiaa

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

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

haha

noun mouthodor

hakaligali

verb grooved

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

hanange

adjective go to

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hongagelegele

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

huuhuu

noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

ivi gaogao

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rib

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

laanganga

noun way of plaiting

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

maadau belubelu

noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)

maamaadolu

adjective becoming more and more maadolu

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

mada madangi

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

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

malingalinga

noun sideburns (of hair)

mangungungungu

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adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masagage

adjective good at fighting

masimasi

noun dolphin

me maimai

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candy

mee daadaa

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noun carved object; the act of carving

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

moni lele

airplane

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngaoheohe

verb easily bent (impermanently)

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

odaoda

noun driftwood (any sort)

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

seene malili

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noun coins

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

uaua

crave (for food)

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)