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alaala

noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

aladoidoi

noun iron (a piece of)

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

avaava

verb full of holes

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

bagibagi de me

all of a sudden (violent actions)

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

bubu

adjective move about

daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut; type of huaamee

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daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dadango

verb repeatedly fall upon

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

dele de maahaa

daybreak

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

dinana donu

noun natural mother

dodo ina

bloody

dolodolo manu ligi

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

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

dumugamuga

noun butt

duu i de liiliagi

equal in status

duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duuduu lagi

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

gaadinga hagaangiangi

copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gadagada

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verb laugh

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gai salusalu

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

gailulu

noun birdsp.: booby

gelgele dea

sand

giligili

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noun stone

ginigini

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

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

gulu maimai

noun breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly, delay

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

haonga gelegele

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noun anus

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

hiihii mada

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noun eyelash(es)

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave

hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

huuhuli

verb

ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

ivi gaogao

noun rib

iviivia

verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated

laubalabala

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

lodo baubau

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adjective angry

lolo

noun oil

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longolongo i adamagi

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

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

maadau mada bodobodo

noun a type of fishhook

maahaa ada

adjective dawn (first burst of light)

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

maamaalo

adjective becoming more and more maalo

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

madamada

half-cooked

mademadea

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

malala

noun ashes

malemalemo

adjective

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

mangamanga

adjective having many manga

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

me maimai

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candy

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

molimoli

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to carry things repeatedly / in multiple trips from one place to another

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moomoa-uliuli

noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

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noun spider

ngadi seesee

walk barefoot, stroll

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

see boiboi saele

stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious

sogosogoisi

adjective

suusu

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noun shoe