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abiabi

verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

alaala

noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)

anaa naa loo

those seem to be

baabaa

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flat

baba odi

adjective to have been settled for some time

bangabanga

adjective skinny, shrunken

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

bigibigi

adjective more-or-less close to

boi dugidugi

noun idiot

boiboi

adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy

bubu donu

adjective move skillfully

bulibuliaamou

adjective prone to long for

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daadaaia ange

adjective be in a hurry to

dada manu

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

dala gaogao

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

daladala

verb say again and again

dalodalo

verb pray

dama madua

noun eldest child

dangada abasasa

adjective european persons (including americans)

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

dibononi

noun the youngest child of a couple

dilodilonga

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

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duuduu lagi

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

ebuebu

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bubbles

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gaadinga hagaangiangi

noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

galagala

noun spongesp. (several spp.)

ganoango

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adjective yellow

gelgele dea

sand

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

hagaagoago

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

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagabigobigo

verb wiggle

hagadiidii

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

hagalele mouli

verb startle; surprise (someone)

hagalodolodo

verb hope for (want)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamadamada ngaadahi

verb share equally among

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

hai daadaa

adjective the relationship between siblings

hai mada dabu

an avoidance relationship between kin

hai moumou

verb use wastefully

hakaaununu

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verb breastfeed

hakaugaua

verb to bathe (someone)

halehale dagodo

adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)

henua gelegele

atoll.

hesilisilihagi

verb repeatedly hesilihagi

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hoohonu

verb

laagii baubau

noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)

laubalabala

adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible

lavalava lau manu

a sarong of material with a flowered pattern

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

lima madua

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thumb

lima-malama

time noun may (’fifth month’)

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)

mada looloa

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

madamada a me

noun a miscellaneous assortment

madamada o dangada

noun in public

mademadea ange

feel sleepy

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

maomao

adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall

masagage

adjective good at fighting

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

molimoli

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to carry things repeatedly / in multiple trips from one place to another

molimoli taula

adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

mouli-o-nono

noun <= malianoono>

mudumudu

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adjective slow moving (while working), slow acting, slow thinking

mudumudu-dua-beau

damselfish

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngaangaailu

noun hair

nuinui

noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

sabasaba

verb unstably balanced

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sali dodo

bleed

savasavali

verb always hungry

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

segesege

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adjective slippery

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

silasila

verb look around for

singa sogosogo

adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself

tinana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandmother