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alaala

adjective sleep fitfully

anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

aoaonga

noun way of staying up until daybreak

baubau

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adjective bad

bebela

noun prowler

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

bolobolo

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noun long boat-like basket made from coconut palm

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

buubuu

verb divination

daadaanga

noun appearance of

dada gaehala

verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)

dada manu

adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dangada agoago

adjective teacher,preacher

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

diadia

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

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dihidihi

noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

donudonu

adjective understand somewhat

dua hagalalo

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

duu midomido

adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)

duu ubu haohao

noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

duu-lellele

noun apodousseacucumber

gaanunu

noun breast

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

galevaleva

bird species

gammenge-maimai

noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus

gelegele

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adjective dirty

giigii saele

adjective giggle

ginigini loola

a game played by children

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagadaga age

improving

hagadibadiba

verb rock back and forth to one side

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagahaahaanau

verb to help to deliver children on many occasions

hagangadi me

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

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

halehale dagodo lodo

nauseated

hanohano dua

adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)

heehee

adjective cry out

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

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kaianeane

adjective show-off

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

lodo aheahe

adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

maamasa

adjective

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madaladala

adjective easily unfastened or untied

madamada

half-cooked

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

magakaga

adjective firmly attached

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

manu hagadigedige

noun top (toy)

manu lele

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noun bird

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

maomao

more and more; diminshing rainfall

masa bagubagu

adjective dry reef (at very low tide)

maunuunusi

adjective

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

muli lele

noun the rear tip of the turtle shell

mulumulu aamanu

verb moss (on rocks or coral)

ngaalulu

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

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

ngadi seesee

walk barefoot, stroll

ngadi seesee

adjective walk barefoot,stroll

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

obeobea

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adjective having many eyes (of the taro corm)

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sali dodo

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verb bleed

seesee

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verb walk

seevoivoi

adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

sisi lima

verb longhand (writing)

sogosogoisi

adjective

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

songosongo

genitals (of males or females)

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother