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adaada age

first light of the moon

agoago

noun taro fibers

aheahe

verb keep returning

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

bagibagi

noun

bale-masevaseva

noun

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bebelia

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

biigii

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noun pig

bodubodu

verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

boo seniseni

noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)

dadaage

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verb raise (a flag)

dadangi

adjective make noise repeatedly

dalia-dodo

noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

dolodolona

verb often flooded

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duliduli

verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises

duu hagasabasaba

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

duuduu manu

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

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

gelogelo

verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haadodo

noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hagaaloalo-uli

verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)

hagaduidui

adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagahahine

adjective treat as a woman

hagalagolagoa

verb cause to be numerous

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hagasaosaohiaanga

noun

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

heehee

adjective cry out

henua abasasa

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

hesohesongi

adjective repeatedly hesongi

hongagelegele

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noun

hungahunga-a-nui

the flower of the coconut tree

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

huuhuu

noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

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kano avaavaa

verb porous

laanganga

noun way of plaiting

lagolagohia

verb wounded in several places or all over

lahalahi

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adjective wide

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

langolango

inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)

lele biho

adjective dive head first

lele tuli

childbirth

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lodo baba

noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries

longolongo i adamagi

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

maadau belubelu

noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malaelae

adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

mama

noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)

manomano

numeral thousands and thousands

moana dugidugi

noun far from any land, in the open sea

mogomogo

noun muscle

momo loo huu

just a very little

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

muli de huaalaangi

noun afternoon

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaangailu

noun hair (on the head)

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

tainaahine o dogu dinana

noun maternal aunt

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun paternal uncle

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

vivi

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noun female genital area