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adaada age

first light of the moon

adu-balebale-i-dai

noun fishsp.

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

aoao

adjective continuously sufficient

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

bugubugu

adjective swollen

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

dada age

verb raise (a flag)

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dahedahea

adjective drift aimlessly

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daumaha dalodalo

noun prayer service (church)

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

degidegi

adjective ticklish

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

didi

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grass skirt

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duu hagasabasaba

adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall

duudua

noun taro plot

duuduu manu

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

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

galogalo

adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

giligili tai

horizon

gugu

adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to

haahadi

verb

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagailangi daahaa

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly,delay

hagangadimee

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hale hongagelegele

noun outhouse

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

hauhausanga

noun

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hihi mata

noun eyelash

hilohilo me

adjective impure

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

hoohoa laagau

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

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

kaianeane

adjective show-off

lahalaha

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adjective wide

laulau

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a type of basket

lavalava lau manu

a sarong of material with a flowered pattern

lele biho

adjective dive head first

liholiho

noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit

lodo malangilangi

adjective happy

lodobaubau

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adjective sad

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada

half-cooked

madamada o dangada

noun in public

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

manu-hai-hau

maohaoha

adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)

masausau

verb goodat fighting

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

mataodao

noun fishsp.: cornetfish

molimoli i tuu gaha

to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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sasa gee

impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)

sausau

lion-fish

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

ua dodo

rain of a reddish color - an omen of death

vaivai daahili

a dirty song