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aamua ange
higher
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkbaalanga uli
noun cast iron
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdaina hahine
noun sister, female cousin
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdama daane
noun sons
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
dee savala
uninterested in; not enjoy
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdonu
noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)
bookmarkdua saali
noun one of the lines of which saaliis composed
bookmarkduilaa
verb to be unable to attract members of the opposite sex
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgoloa hagadaahao
noun recreational equipment
bookmarkhaa leu
noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown
bookmarkhadi haho
adjective steep (inclination)
bookmarkhagaaloha
adjective piteous,pitiful
bookmarkhagabaa
verb cause to come into contact with; chase by trying to head off
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagabunia
verb closeup, bringtogether
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadama
verb treat as a child
bookmarkhagadau doa
adjective to show one’s strength by doing something difficult
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagahana iho
adjective recook for a little while
bookmarkhagailangi
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagaloa
verb groove; a path (lengthwise) in the taro bog
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
inexpensive
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhai de eidu
one of two children’s games
hainoo
verb
permitted,open to the public,secular
hakauanga
noun a handle of something
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhedangisi
adjective to make noise by scraping things together (e.g., the grinding sound of jaws)
bookmarkhilo saele
adjective spread venereal disease
bookmarkiloo iho
adjective realize, know
bookmarkinau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light
bookmarkkosi-honga-agau
noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklangi haanau
noun
a certain kind of rain
lilo
adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madaangudu
adjective converse with
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmaisi
adjective peeled off
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmalau
adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmmala luu mada
stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkngadi dangada
noun an ordinary person, commoner; a person of slight social value
bookmarknnadu
verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarkolaadeu
pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkolo
noun beach
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarkpigi
adjective be stuck
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes in sheet metal)
bookmarksau alohenua
verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land
bookmarksongagi
noun a bad sort of person
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktangada hai me dabu
cult priest
bookmarkteve
adjective hair or feathers standing on end
bookmarkvalaai hagasili lodo
a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion
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