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abaaba

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noun door

abaabai

verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting

aboabongi

adjective easily capsizable

adaada

dawn (first light)

agiagi

noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

anei nei

these now

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

angaanga dabu vae

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toenail

augau

verb pus

baabaa ama

verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)

bagibagi de me

all of a sudden (violent actions)

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

bulobulou

verb to net flying fish

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

buni ange gi de gelegele

to have been dead for a long time

buusagisagi

adjective to be laden with scent (of air)

daadaa

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noun sweat

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

dagadagasala

verb be always blamed for

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dala gaogao

noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs

daledale

verb repeatedly touch lightly

dangada agoago

adjective teacher,preacher

daudali

adjective follow (someone)

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

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

dige de belubelu

a circuit made by a school of belubelu

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

doa agalala

very big giant

dolodolo o de ava

noun <= luu dolodolo>

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

gabigabia

verb repeatedly grubbing

gadagada

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verb laugh

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

gogo gi mua

bent forward

goononga gee

to setarecord

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hagaaduadu

verb say bad things about people

hagadaubodobodo

verb shorten (time or rope)

hagagalele

verb teach to galale

hagaganimuli

verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest

hagagubenga

verb to teach someone to use a gubenga

hagaholoholoi

verb to use holoholoi

hagalili

noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)

hagamaamaane

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verb urinate

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamalemolemo

verb

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamommomo

verb reduce a little at a time

hagamudumudu

verb do slowly, delay

hagasoosoa

verb to put soosoa on a canoe

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hala langa goobai

noun a form for plaiting hats

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

hau baba

verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)

hooholo

verb

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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huuhuna

adjective hide

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

lollolo

verb oily

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

maamaanu

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

mada baubau

noun flirtatious

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

madumadua

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

magakaga

adjective firmly attached

magimagi

adjective prone to illness

mahaahaa

adjective

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

maimai ange

to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)

malamalama

adjective sparkly; glittery

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-lalo-de-gelegele

noun mantisshrimp

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

mommomo

adjective a little at a time

moni lele

noun airplane

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

moomoa

noun the shoot from a germinating coconut

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

saesaele

verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

seene malili

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noun coins

uaua

crave (for food)