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aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

anaange laa hanu

a little while ago

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

bebee

adjective be flatulent

bibi-gabugabu-tai

noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

daadaa

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noun sweat

dabadaba

noun slipper lobster

dada age

verb raise (a flag)

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dada saele

adjective always being borrowed

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

daladala

verb say again and again

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

daumaha haangoda

noun prayer service held while visiting others’ houses

denaa naa ()

that will be it. (will that be it)

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

dugudugu iho

adjective a technique of massage

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

duuduu manu

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

gaa de malala

gaanunu

noun breast

gaegaehala

adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gamugamu

verb coralsp.

gaogao

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gelegele uli

verb black soil

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

giigii saele

giggle

gili malali

adjective clean ; neat

giligili tai

noun horizon

gilimalali

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adjective clean

gulu maimai

noun breadfruit with smooth skin

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagabasabasalia

verb cause to be convinced

hagadaga age

improving

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagagalauna

verb teach to use galauna

hagailangi daahaa

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

hesohesongi

adjective repeatedly hesongi

hodahoda

adjective gasp for breath (more than once)

hongagelegele baalanga

rust

honohono

verb having hono in several places

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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idiidi

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noun April

ivi gaogao

noun rib

labelabe-tea

noun fishsp.

lagalaga

verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)

langolango

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

lavalava

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noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele tuli

childbirth

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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lima ma vae ange

work for as a servant

lodo lagolago

adjective indecisive,undecided

lolo

oil

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

mada baabaa

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mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

maimai

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adjective sweet

maimai mai

become maimai

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malianoono

lizard fish

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

maunuunusi

adjective

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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moomoa-ganoanga

boxfish (yellow)

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

neveneve

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noun spider

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngaangailu

noun hair (on the head)

ouou

adjective yes yes

sassabe

adjective about to leave, prepare to leave

sausau

lion-fish

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

sisi gaadinga

to cut copra

uaua vaaligi

noun capillary

vaivai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)