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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkaasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkalaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
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biho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun adze with a small blade for light chipping
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
gaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhongagelegele
hoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
maomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
moumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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