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abiabi

verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers

adaada age

first light of the moon

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

baba donu

adjective properly settled

bala langi

noun rain

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

bangongo

noun fish sp.: rabbitfish

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

bungubungu

adjective plump

daadaa

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verb (transitive) carve (something)

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daaganga

noun way of travelling

daahaa mada makaga

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

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dae banibani

noun the white excretion of the banibani

dahulihuli donu

adjective be careful

dangau-sissisi

noun

dangi daudau

adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)

dangi hagaeaea

adjective wail (when crying)

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

daumaha hagasaele

noun a meeting of church members for business

dee hilihili

indifferent

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

delaa laa ()

that there was it (was that it)

dilongaagau

verb voyeurism

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dumugamuga

noun butt

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duudua

noun taro plot

duuduu

verb stand around (idly); defecate; hillock, high

duuduu lagi

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

gai salusalu

verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

giigii

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu

gilimalali

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adjective clean

gugu iho

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

haahaa

verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagaaoaoa

verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak

hagadaaganga

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

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagadugudugu

verb crouch repeatedly

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagangadi me

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

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai de hilihili

verb hold an election

hilihili

verb choose carefully from among many,election

hoohoa

verb

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

huluhulu-manenga

time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")

kaianeane

adjective show-off

laalaa

verb having many branches

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

lauasaasa

verb skinny

laulau a sogo

noun a type of basket

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lolo

oil

luduludu

verb trembling

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

mada dabuvae

noun toenail

mada gaanunu

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noun nipple

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

malali

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adjective smooth

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

manavanava gimoo

adjective panting (as when short of breath)

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

manu-a-tababa

noun plantsp.: cycadplant (cycas circinalis l.)

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

mogomogo ina

muscular

mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

nui hoohoa

noun a coconut tree trunk incised with steps

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

seesee

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verb walk

sisi gaadinga

to cut copra

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

suusu

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noun shoe

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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uaua

crave (for food)

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

vinivini

noun wrinkle (fabric)