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aalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkangia
verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)
bookmarkbaa sala
adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)
bookmarkbasa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkdaagina
verb towing; dragging
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
dangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdelaa maa
that there was about (approximately)
bookmarkdelaa sili
that there is enough
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
doo de gulabe
prolapsed rectum
bookmarkdoonga
noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)
bookmarkdoonga a lima
one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar
bookmarkdotonogaa
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkdungagi
verb nod (one’s head)
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduu taua
outbreak of war
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgada gimoo
adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)
bookmarkgalo ahi
sparks
bookmarkgasa
adjective run aground
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkgubulima
noun wrist
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhagaaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkhagahala
a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagakii dalinga
adjective producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something very sweet is eaten
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagapiigia
verb make stuck to
bookmarkhai gaiaa
verb use without permission
bookmarkhaiava
noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner
bookmarkhaiva dee agona
sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhhaa
verb blossom forth
bookmarkhonga de masavaa
at the time of
bookmarkhuga
noun fine threads or strands
bookmarkilihia tinae
adjective a stomach distended by gas
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarklengi
adjective bloated, inflated, swollen up, bulging
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklodo bale
noun helpful (sort of person)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa ono
number sixteen
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama
time noun november (’eleventh month’)
bookmarkmadala mai
get free, be loose; in bloom
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmaduilau
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmagau danuaa
die peacefully (shown by a beatific facial expression on the corpse and the calmness of the weather)
bookmarkmalo haahine
noun dress
bookmarkmanu-daa-uga
noun <= goehau>
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
mataia
soreness of the eyes after a fishing expedition (from the glare of the sun)
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkme hhadu hugadoo
it’s a lie
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmoe dolo
verb to sneak into another’s house at night for the purpose of having sexual relations
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, by and by
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkmusu
verb whispering
bookmarknebua
verb be nebu
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarkpula
adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksai moni
a fleet of canoes
bookmarksala
noun mistake,error,accident
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksauligi
noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarksavali
verb hungry
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarkse me gi hee
in which direction is the current running
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
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