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amuamu iho

noun drizzle

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

anuanumia age

adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

baabaa

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flat

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

bongabonga

adjective bent up

bulubuludi

verb keep hugging

bunana

adjective conjunctivitis

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

daane dee lahilahia

noun a very special one (rarely seen)

dahadaha

verb an embankment around a taro plot

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dee hilihili

indifferent

didianga

noun the manner of wearing one’s didi

diimolalaaidu

noun the tenth child of a couple

dinana

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

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

dongidongi

verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

duu malaelae

noun an open field (having no trees)

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duu mugamuga

half of an unripe coconut; buttock

duu munimuni

adjective hideandseek (a game)

e hanuhanu i de pronoun

know something about

gaadinga gaha paa

noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel

gadigadi

verb have itch

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

galavalava

noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haahadi

verb

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagadagado

hagadagado

to draft (a carving)

hagadagasala

verb blame (someone), accuse

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagamademade gaiaa

adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamomo

verb reduce in quantity

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hale gaugau

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noun bath house

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

holoholoi

verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing

hongagainga

adjective urinate

hungahunga a nui

the flower of the coconut tree

huuhua

adjective pregnancy

huuhuaa me

sorcery (made with chants)

ilaila

verb having more than one ila

isiisi luu gauasa

to tear from limb to limb

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

laulau dao gai

noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven

laulau hoe

noun the blade of the canoe paddle

lavalava lau manu

a sarong of material with a flowered pattern

limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lou de gaugau dalinga

pull the trigger (of a gun)

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

mada saosao

adjective sharp-pointed

magalili tai

adjective flow (of tide)

malemalemo

adjective

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

manamanadua

verb keep remembering

manu lele

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noun bird

manu-mangamanga

noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)

masagage

adjective good at fighting

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

moana magalili

noun a cold underwater current

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

molimoli ange

take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngadi diinonga

noun pagan gods,idols

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

ngudu maimai

adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

sali dodo

adjective bleed

sasaanimadava

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

sauvalovalo

verb echo

seesee

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verb walk

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seisei

pipefish

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tainadaane o dogu dinana

noun maternal uncle

tamana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandfather

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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tinana

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noun mother (formal)

tuu banibani

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noun sea cucumber

vaivai basa

dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear