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abiabi

verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers

adaada

dawn (first light)

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

baa lahalaha

adjective broad-chested

baabaa

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flat

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

balaulau

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adjective ugly

bangabanga

noun fish sp.

boo seniseni

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

booboo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)

buaalali

verb flood tide

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

buibui

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noun cage; fence

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

daahaa mada giigii

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo

daane mada daua

noun bravest in war

dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daulooloa

adjective long time

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

dibaa dodo

verb a clot of blood

dilidili-dogi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)

donadona

verb covered with dona

dua hagalalo

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

duudua

noun taro plant

duuduu lagi

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

gaagaasia

verb rubbed against (of lines only)

gabugabu

shore

gailingalinga

adjective continually wanting to eat

geevee

noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gimoo lele

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noun bat

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

googoo

noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)

gosigosia

verb scratched (of something solid only)

haa-alaala

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

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hadahada ama

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

hagaaugaua

verb cause to be infected

hagadugudugu

verb crouch repeatedly

hagagabugabu

verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagamogomgo

verb cause to be muscular

hagaoda-lolo

noun fishsp. (= large llahi)

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

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adjective muscular

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hanuhanu

adjective few; gaining in

henua gelegele

atoll.

hilohilo me

adjective impure

hongagelegele baalanga

adjective rust

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

lagolagoaa

verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism

laulau

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a type of basket

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

lolo

noun oil

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

maamaangi

adjective repeatedly or continually maangi

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

mada dahi

adjective having a single point or blade

mada loolodo

verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

malumalu-tangohi

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

mama

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

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manu-mangamanga

starfish

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

momolia

adjective decrease in quantity

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

munamuna

adjective a short prayer

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

ngaalulu

adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)

sali daadaa

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verb perspire

salulu

adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)

seene malili

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noun coins

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sii valavala

adjective spray

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun paternal uncle

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

vaivaidagodo

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adjective. evil, unscrupulous, immoral

viivii

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verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby