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aadea moana
adjective unobstructed
bookmarkaalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkabo donu
amuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
bibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkdaane hebagi
adjective soldier
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdaguu kalo
noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade
bookmarkdama de gaehala
noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance
bookmarkdangada abadai
noun european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdaohi taelodi
adjective keep a record of
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdeaamonga
noun
dee vaaseegina
hardly able to wait for
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkgadinibidi
a type of fishook made from pearl shell
bookmarkgai boo
adjective eat early in the morning
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geu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgini
verb pick with one’s fingers; to pinch off, or pinch and pull at the same time
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgulu koi
noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)
bookmarkhaaligi
verb wrap from under, wrap around; to line1 something (e.g., a box, with paper)
bookmarkhaanau ssene
adjective yield interest
bookmarkhadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhadu-maadau
noun
coralsp.
hagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
verb critical of others
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagasoe ange
aim at
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhidu laangi
noun Sunday
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkibu
noun
kaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkluu mada
noun face (of a person)
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaaniha
adjective strongly desirous of
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmana
noun supernatural power
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanu solo maadau
file (for filing metal)
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmoaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, by and by
bookmarkmuli mai loo
much later
bookmarkngae
mollusk
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
verb charlatan
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarksaagahinoa
noun fishsp. (= small saabudu)
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarkSeedaa
October
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarktangada mange
now you’ve done it!
bookmarkuubiho
head-first presentation of a fetus at birth
bookmarkvaga
noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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