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agoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
belubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaahaa
dadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhongagelegele
honu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
maimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
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moomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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