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aboabo

adjective become accustomed to

aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

aladoidoi

noun iron (a piece of)

angaanga

noun body

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

baabaa gadea

verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)

baba age

be decided about

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bebee

adjective be flatulent

bingabinga

adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

dada age

verb raise (a flag)

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

dada de uila

an electrical storm

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

doa agalala

noun very big giant

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gai dagidagi

verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road

galavalava

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

galogalo

adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)

giligili tai

horizon

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate Europeans

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagabasabasalia

verb cause to be convinced

hagabibi

verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamulimuli

verb "this is the end" (of a chant)

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

henua abasasa

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

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

hoohoa laagau

adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)

ivi gaogao

noun rib

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

labulabu sala

adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

limamalie

good at massaging

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada

half-cooked

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malemalemo

adjective

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu-mangamanga

noun starfish

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

masa bagubagu

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

meamea --

adjective becoming red

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

moe baubau

adjective sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

moomodu

adjective ; collapse completely

mosongenge

noun a name children tease each other with

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

sao de lahalaha

adjective more wide than long

sogosogoisi

adjective

tama legalega

infant

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

tangada sisi

secretary

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

tinana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandmother