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aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

adaada

dawn (first light)

alaa laa

those (there) which were there

alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bigibigia

verb covered with something sticky

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

boobodo

adjective occurring at short intervals

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

buubuulia

verb to divine (for omens)

daadaangia

verb pull continuously

daahaa mada makaga

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

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

daungaangalu

noun high-watermark

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

duu molomolo

visible clearly

gaa de malala

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gai hagalulu

adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gidigidi laa lalo

a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive

giligili tai

horizon

giligilisau

adjective go around habitually without clothes

gogo gi mua

bent forward

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hagaagahi

verb call (someone)

hagadaulooloa

verb prolong,extend

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagalolo

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

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagasegesege ange

allow someone to do as he pleases

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hai vaivai me

have sexual relations

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

heboheboohagi

adjective fight frequently

henua gelegele

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atoll (literally, sand island)

hongagainga

adjective urinate

hoohoa

verb

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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huluhulu mata

noun eyebrow

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

laelae (gee)

adjective look (funny)

lagolago

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adjective plenty; a lot, many

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

lele tuli

adjective parturition

limasisi

noun pinky finger

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lollolo

verb oily

lolo

noun oil

luduludu

trembling

lugulugu

noun fishsp.

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

maahaa

adjective daybreak

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

mainu daodao

noun bait for daodao fishing

malalidage

adjective usedup or cleaned out completely

malili

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adjective scattered

manu-hai-hau

mataodao

noun fishsp.: cornetfish

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

mogomogo

noun muscle

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

molimoli

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

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

ngaungau-ulu

noun

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sinsia

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noun plant species with white fragrant flowers

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sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

ssali dodo

verb bleed

suusu

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noun shoe

taina daane odogu dinana

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noun maternal uncle

tama legalega eidu

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

uaua

crave (for food)