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alasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhooholo
verb
hoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
manu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
solasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
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