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agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

alualumia

verb sendaway

augaua

verb infected

balabala

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adjective soft

balabalagula

adjective habitually clumsy

balagia a de gaga

noun fish sp., parrot fish

basa hagaeaea

adjective stutter

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

bugubugu

adjective swollen

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daahaa mada balabala

the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa

dada mamu

adjective an impatient fisherman

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dee adagaigaina

a great many; serious

dee madaladala de langi

raining without let-up

degedege

verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly

deledele saele

adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)

diadia

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

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

diimolalaaidu

noun the tenth child of a couple

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

dua hagalalo

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

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duu molomolo

visible clearly

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gelegele

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adjective dirty

gelogelo

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

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

gimoo lele

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noun bat

gohu boo dangodango

a pitch-black night

gosigosi

verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

gumigumi

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chin

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

hadahada ama

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

hagadagadaga

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

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagadugudugu

verb crouch repeatedly

hagagaagaa

verb behave like a baby

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagaidaida

verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagamogomgo

verb cause to be muscular

hagamulimuli

verb "this is the end" (of a chant)

hagangadi me

verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hakaligali

verb grooved

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

hale baabaa

noun frame house

halehale gaiaa

adjective cloying insincere humility

hihi mata

noun eyelash

honga de gelegele

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noun ground

huahuaa me

noun

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

leoleo

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noun the making of sounds repeatedly; talking

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

lolo

noun oil

maagaga dua

adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maahaa ada

adjective dawn (first burst of light)

maaileele

adjective die,dead (persons or animals)

maamaanu

remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

magi eaea

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

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

magi libolibo

dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)

mahamaha

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adjective beautiful

malamalama

verb shiny (reflects light)

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malinolino

verb <= malimalino>

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

manomano

numeral thousands and thousands

manu-mangamanga

noun starfish

masausau

verb goodat fighting

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

mosongenge

noun a name children tease each other with

mugamuga

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

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mugamuga

verb the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tangada maagaga

industrious person