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adaada age

first light of the moon

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

aladoidoi

noun iron (a piece of)

angaanga

noun body

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

buu de mama

air filled with mama

daa hagalele

verb unscheduled,unplanned

daaganga

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

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dee lahilahia

big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

dinana

noun mother (formal)

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

doo halehale me

risky, unreliable

duudua

noun taro plant

duuduu lagi

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

ebuebu

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bubbles

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gaadinga hagaangiangi

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

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gagai

verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

gammenge-baabaa

noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.

gaugau

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verb bathe, shower, swim

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

giigii saele

adjective giggle

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagaaneane

verb console; excite sexually

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagadagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagaagaa

verb behave like a baby

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

hanu momo

adjective little bit,few

henua abasasa

noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)

hooholo

verb

kaianeane

adjective show-off

laba ngaugau

noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

laulau

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a type of basket

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

lolo manu-de-boo

noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)

loulou

verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)

mada dabu

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

magi gobegobe

adjective cold (sickness)

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

maholaholadage

adjective being holadage in several places

malamala

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noun small bits of things (e.g. sawdust)

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu-mangamanga

starfish

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

molomolo de biho

round-headed

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

mudumudu

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adjective slow moving (while working), slow acting, slow thinking

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

nengenenge

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verb tickle; to catch an octopus by tickling it (to dislodge it from its hole)

ngaaheahe

verb taro which is watery or gummy

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

ngaoheohe

verb easily bent (impermanently)

ngungu

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verb chew, masticate (foods that make noise)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

ouou

adjective yes yes

samumu

adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

seene malili

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noun coins

sii valavala

spray

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament