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amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

angaange magau

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noun dead body

aoao

verb becoming daylight

aude vaavaa

don’t talk about this to anyone

augaua

verb infected

baba iho

adjective recently settled

balabala

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adjective soft

balagelage gee

severely crippled

basabasalia

verb be talked about frequently

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

bedibedi

adjective getting fat

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

bongabonga

adjective bent up

bulibuli

verb grab up one thing after another

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

dada me

adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)

dagaligiligi

adjective broken into small pieces

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dama madua

noun eldest child

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

dau looloa

adjective to tie at the end of a long tether

daulooloa

adjective long time

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dihidihi

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

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

duu midomido

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

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

gaadinga hagaangiangi

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

gabuibui

noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gai busibusi

verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)

galogalo

adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)

gegeli

adjective struggle

ginigini loola

a game played by children

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

gulu malali

breadfruit with smooth skin

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haahaangoda

verb to fish first in one place, then in another

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

hadu hagamogomogo

noun gem

hadu-uaua

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

hagaaoao

verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak

hagadangada

verb treat someone as a human being

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagagainga

verb litter up

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

heboheboohagi

adjective fight frequently

honu baabaa

fill to the brim

huluhulu mada

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noun eyebrow

hunehune

noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit

lalaa

verb sizzling noise (as in frying)

laulau

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overripe coconut apple

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lillili

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adjective easily angered, short tempered

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luduludu

verb trembling

maamaasina

verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

madadaagodo

adjective gradual slope or inclination

madila diadia

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

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

magaugau

adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)

magi luduludu

adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person

malali

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adjective smooth

malili

noun fish sp.: goatfish

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

mama

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

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manihaniha

adjective inclined to be maaniha

manu-hagadigedige

noun mollusksp.: coneshell

manumanu

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noun small red insect that sucks blood

maunuunusi

adjective

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

musumusu

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verb whisper

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

sabanaana

a phosphorescent flash in the water

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

sii diidii

adjective urinate

sii valavala

adjective spray

sinaina

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verb having white hair

sinasinaina

adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

uaua

crave (for food)

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament