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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbe hia
how many (according to someone)
bookmarkbini
verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkbuni ange
agree with; join, close up (something, e.g., a hole); close up to
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
daane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdalaa manu
noun piece of broken glass
bookmarkdalabaimanugadele
adjective sharp (as a knife)
bookmarkdama dagidahi
noun the only child of a couple
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdili bala
adjective collapse (of persons)
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
dongi de lae
noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkdumulu
noun july
bookmarkduna
noun larvae (of mosquito, etc.) found in water
bookmarkduu taua
outbreak of war
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkgaalauanga
gai mamu dua nnui
to eat fish up (not saving any for later)
bookmarkgai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective eat messily
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgasi
noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma
bookmarkhaa-dolo
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagadaemahadia
verb put too much weight on
bookmarkhagadubu gina
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagahi
verb call (someone) once
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagammae manava
verb tease cruelly
bookmarkhagaseguli
verb make a total of one hundred thousand
bookmarkhagatulu mai
verb ooze out
bookmarkhagavalu (ina)
verb make a total of eight
bookmarkhai de biho
act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhano mouli
verb disappear alive, especially into another world
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkholasa
a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarkili taalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarklaangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarklabodo-tea
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklau de alelo
be unable to speak clearly, owing to a stuttering problem
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklodo a gauligi
adjective immature (in personality); vulnerable to having one’s feelings easily hurt
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmada duulanga
noun an important position (spatially)
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmadalua maa ono
number twenty six
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmami
noun papaya; papaya tree
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmataia mai
seen being mataia
bookmarkmee duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
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bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkni aha
what are these
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarknoogele
verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)
bookmarksaganaa iho goe
watchout
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
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