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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

abaaba

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noun door

agoago

verb learning, teaching

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

alualumia

verb sendaway

anei nei

these now

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

bale-masevaseva

noun

baubau

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adjective bad

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bonabona age lodo

feel fearful

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

dabadaballahi

adjective more-or-less thin

dada soosoa

adjective to put soosoa on the canoe

dagugu

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

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dala-dalaa-moa

noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

daubodobodo

adjective short (in duration)

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

dongidongi

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

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

duudanga aheahe

noun refrain (of song)

duudua-a-de-honu

noun seaweedsp.

duuduu manu

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

gai dagidagi

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

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

gasigasia

verb rubbed against,scratched

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

ginigini

noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)

gogo

adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)

gogono

adjective moan

gogoo

adjective

goononga gee

to setarecord

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagakolili

verb to use the word kolili

hagaligiligi

verb to speed up (to get over with)

hagalolo

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

hagalulu de langi

verb attract rain (by making certain noises)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hakaogao

verb to sit on one buttock

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hiihidi

verb

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

kave dagi de momo

take a little (or few) at a time

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele mouli

adjective surprised

leuleu

adjective becoming leu (ripe)

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

luu adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

malemolemo

adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

modomodo mada gii

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

modumodu

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adjective broken in many places (like string), easily broken (like rope)

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

noganoga

verb a method of plaiting mats

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

saiolo duli magaga

noun a type of string figure

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

sausau

lion-fish

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

sinaina

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verb having white hair

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

taina daane odogu dinana

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noun maternal uncle

ua dodo

rain of a reddish color - an omen of death