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abongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkaduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkalava
noun fish sp.: shark sp.
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkanga dogi
noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbanuunu
buu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaa de hagallogo
perform certain old religious ceremonies or chants
bookmarkdaavalo
adjective make a great deal of noise (vocal)
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdale
verb touch (two or more things being in contact); strike (a match)
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdoli age
adjective obtain the smallest first
bookmarkdoluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkduha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdumulu
noun july
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkgabetili
parent-in-law
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgainanga
verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgelu-hai-vaelo
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgubu dao
noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkgumedi
noun bowl (wooden)
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagaamu
verb pay respect to,honor (someone)
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabaagava
verb to threaten violence
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagadau aaloha
adjective love each other (esp. of persons of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagaditidi vae dahi
hop on one foot
bookmarkhagaduu ssaalanga
adjective search intently for
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
adjective risky,dangerous
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhale suunugi
noun
a house with eaves touching the ground
hanu ange
some more
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhodo
noun the spine of the stingray
bookmarkigohi
verb firetongs
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkalo talinga
adjective clean out, or scratch, inside the ear
bookmarkkanamalie
adjective tasty (especially of taro)
bookmarkkeeligi
verb put away against a contingency; take precautions
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
luu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmagau i togaa
die of shame
malo gulu
barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanenga
noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmmulu
verb stroke,rub gently
bookmarkmoe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkngaio
needlefish
bookmarkngalo
verb forget
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksau makaga de madangi
the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksumu ina
to make diamond-shaped designs in plaiting, or lashing
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkuubiho
head-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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