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aha goi delaa
what was I going to say
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkbasa hagamao lalo
speak humbly
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdaina ahine
noun sisters
bookmarkdama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdau langi
verb rainy season
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdee gagu
adjective uncouth
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdelaa tee madea
hard to tellapart from; resemble closely
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkdungagi
verb nod (one’s head)
bookmarkduu ange
adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
e hia
how much
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgai lima lua
eat greedily (with both hands)
bookmarkgainanga
verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgide eidu
verb to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgili maalama
verb light-skinned
bookmarkhaangoda ina
<= haangodalia>
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagabasa
verb cause someone to speak; convince
bookmarkhagabasalia
verb convince someone completely
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagaduai
verb cause to be worn out
bookmarkhagallogo
verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagamabu iho
adjective rest for a short time
bookmarkhagamoe
verb put to bed
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagaseguli
verb make a total of one hundred thousand
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarklaaningi
noun sleeveless shirt
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmaahe
adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmaanu iho
adjective to begin to fish while maanu
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadaladala de leo
a clear and high-pitched singing voice
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmade sala
adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalo sabo
noun breechclout
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkme vae
noun shoes,slippers
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkngalue age
increased,augmented
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarknoho muli
adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)
bookmarkomada
noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksae iho
adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksoe lodo modu
to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)
bookmarkssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
bookmarktainadaane
noun brother
bookmarktao tangada
to immerse a person in medication
bookmarkvalaai tao
dye
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