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aheahe

verb keep returning

baba age

be decided about

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bobo

adjective rotten

boi gadagada

adjective laugh all the time at nothing

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dadango

verb repeatedly fall upon

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dali hagavagavaga

verb <= hagavagavaga>

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dau bodobodo

adjective to tie at the end of a short tether

dilodilonga

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

dodo

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blood

dodo ina

bloody

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

duu lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duuduu lagi

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

gaanunu

noun breast

gadigadi

noun itch

gasogaso

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adjective narrow (skirts, fabric, road)

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gilimalali

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adjective clean

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

haahaangoda

verb to fish first in one place, then in another

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haangoda dugidugi

adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hadu-gamugamu

noun coralsp.

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagadaaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagalollolo

verb lubricate

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hale baabaa

noun frame house

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

heehee

adjective cry out

huahua ai

be in charge of, control, lead

ivi gaogao

noun rib

laaladi

verb to scratch (an itch)

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lima madua

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lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

loloa

adjective tall; long

loselose-uli

noun fishsp.: trumpetfish

maahaa ada

adjective dawn (first burst of light)

maamaa

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verb chew

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

madahuuhua

verb pimple

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

magalili

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adjective cold

magamagalil ~ magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi eaea

adjective an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

malibilibi

noun crack (of a whip)

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

mammamu

noun fish (in children’s speech only)

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manumanuhi

adjective frequently manuhi

masimasi

noun dolphin

maunuunusi

adjective

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

modomodo mada gii

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

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

molimoli

verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled

molimoli ngaadai

adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition

moni galele

noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

muna maimai

noun <= ngudu maimai>

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

noho dodo

coagulation of blood

odiodi

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adjective long since finished, done or gone; long since, a long time ago

onoonogia

verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

saiolo duli magaga

noun a type of string figure

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

sau aloalo

echo

sausau

noun fishsp.: lion-fish

savasavaa

verb getting closer to the time (of happening)

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

sii valavala

adjective spray

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)