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aadiidii

verb dry (something) by artificial heat

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

alualumia

verb sendaway

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toenail

augaunga

noun the appearance of an infected area

baabaa gadea

verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)

balala

verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus

biigii hahine

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noun sow

bodobodo

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adjective short

boo seniseni

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

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

daadaa

noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)

daangenge

verb meaty (not having much fat)

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dangage age

adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position

daumaha hagatoo donu

noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

dee hilihili

indifferent

denaa naa loo

that seems to be it; that could be it

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

diimolalaaidu

noun the tenth child of a couple

dinana donu

noun natural mother

doa agalala

very big giant

dua hagalalo

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

duga de gumigumi

verb allow one’s beard to grow

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gai hagalulu

adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait

gaigai a usu

flatus

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

gelogelo

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

givigivi

noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

haa-alaala

time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaugaunga

noun state of becoming infected

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagadaga age

improving

hagadibadiba

verb rock back and forth to one side

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagangalo

verb forget purposely

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship (between kin)

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hanange

adjective go to

heehee

adjective cry out

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hoe gabegabe

noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

honohono

verb having hono in several places

huuhuaa me

noun sorcery (made with chants)

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

libolibo ange

drunk, dizzy, crazy

loloa

adjective tall; long

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

maadau belubelu

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

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

mada looloa

adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

madumadua

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adjective very old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

magalillili

adjective frequently magalili

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malangalanga

adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

manu dolodolo

noun land animal

maselesele

adjective straight-edged

massogosogo

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

maunuunusi

adjective

meamea --

adjective becoming red

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

mounuunu

adjective easily mounu

mugamuga

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

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ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

sege gee

slip or slide away from

silisilivaahea

verb frequently silivaahea

sinaina

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verb having white hair

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

sissisi

adjective striped (having stripes)

tama legalega

infant

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather