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aasasi

adjective flee (of a small school of fish)

alualumia

verb sendaway

au taadaaia

verb don’t rush take it easy

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

bala langi

noun rain

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

buibui

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noun cage; fence

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

daadaaligidanga

noun the way of being moved about in the air

dabadaba

verb twinkling,flashing,winking

dada me

adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

daledale

verb repeatedly touch lightly

dama moemoe sala

noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery

dama-a-de-galabe

noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper

dangidangi ange

askpermission of, apologize to

deledele saele

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

dengadenga

verb having many denga

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

dibadiba

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adjective unstable; rocking, as a boat

dilodilonga

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

dinana

noun mother (formal)

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

doo togonogo

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

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

gaanuunu

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bosom/breast

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gadigadi

verb have itch

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

gaigai a usu

flatus

galevaleva

bird species

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

gimoo lele

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noun bat

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

haahaangoda ange

prowl around (to attack)

hadu-uaua

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

hagaaliali

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

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagabaubau

verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagameme (iho)

adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)

hagao baubau

adjective low wages, low-priced

hai huuhuaa me

sorcery

hakaogao

verb to sit on one buttock

halihalibaa

noun fishsp.: flatfish

hohonga

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noun nest

holiholi

noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)

hongagelegele

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

huuhuna

adjective hide

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

kano avaavaa

verb porous

laagii baubau

noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)

labulabu sala

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

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

lele

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verb fly

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

lingilingia

verb pour little by little

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

lodo lagolago

indecisive, undecided

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lollolo

oily

maadau belubelu

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

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

mada loolodo

verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)

magalili

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adjective cold

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

manu lele

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noun bird

manu-mangamanga

noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)

moni lele

airplane

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

muimuia

verb be muimui

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

ngaangaailu

noun hair

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

seisei

noun fishsp.: pipefish

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby