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agaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkamu ligi
fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered
bookmarkbaa sala
adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)
bookmarkbaasi gi taiao
forenoon (from dawn to noon)
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
bani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbaua
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbongaa hala
noun any long and hollow object (e.g., a pipe or a hose)
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkdahia
verb
shave
daina ahine
noun sisters
bookmarkdama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdenaa ange
this there is another one
bookmarkdenaa ange naa
about that
denei laa ()
this is that (is this that)
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarkeba
a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgaehala
adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope
bookmarkgalasi
ganae-oo
noun fishsp.: threadfin
bookmarkgau dahi
adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)
bookmarkgavia
noun crazy person; insane person
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgubu dolo
noun a joint of the sugarcane
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
hagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhakai-a-bagila
noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.
bookmarkhausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hinangalosaa iho
adjective self-pity
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkilo
noun worm
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklenga
noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)
bookmarklodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarklongoaa
adjective <= longaa>
bookmarkmaalioso
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaanga
noun mouthful or spoonful of food
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmadalama
noun Nukuoro (colloquial term)
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmesde-gelee
noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">
bookmarkmmene
adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)
bookmarkmoahulu
goatfish
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
ngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkngaolo
adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarkngu te
nugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkoho
verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning
bookmarkouaa
adjective yes certainly
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saesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksali tae
adjective intractable watery diarrhea
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksomo boi
grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
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