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aliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
dada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
doo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
laba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
moemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
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