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aalinga
adjective moving around just under the water
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkava
noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)
bookmarkbaa huu i --
just like
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaleao
noun fish sp., milkfish
bookmarkbalu moso
adjective constant movement of the hands and feet, as when struggling (resembling the movements of a young starling)
bookmarkbapabu
adjective the staccato sound of one hard object being struck against another
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkbugaliaa
bugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkdaa hatau
verb beat unmercifully
bookmarkdaahinga
noun way of brushing off or sweeping
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdau de madangi
be hit by (usually a strong) wind
bookmarkdauaalo
verb steady paddling
bookmarkdaudonu
adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkditidi
adjective to skim across the surface of land or water
bookmarkdoo ade
a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgaaui
verb take (someone) along (with one) (esp.carrying, etc.)
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgaloi
gannui ngadaa
adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhadiugu
verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)
bookmarkhagaahi
verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething
bookmarkhagaamua
verb accord honor to
bookmarkhagabaa
verb to crack (as a nut)
bookmarkhagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagaduu ssaalanga
adjective search intently for
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamabulia
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagauda de hau
put on a hau
bookmarkhagausi age
appearance of rain clouds on the horizon
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spirits into human form
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhasi
verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhebolo
adjective a sign made with the eyes
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhhano
verb wash one’s own hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhodooligi
adjective chief (of the island)
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhoosenga
adjective shy,embarrassed,bashful
bookmarkhuaalanga
noun a type of coconuttree
bookmarkhulu
verb apply liquid on,smear on
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarklaangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklanga de gauanga
to lift up the leg of an opponent in wrestling
lele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarkmada gi lodo
adjective a point which is bent inward (toward its handle)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmagi dee manava
asthma
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoahulu
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarkpoo ange
touch (someone or something with the hand)
bookmarksaava
verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksaavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in textureand bad-tasting
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksaganaa iho goe
watchout
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
ssave
flying fish
bookmarkssongo
stink
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