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aloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkaugau
verb pus
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
hugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
namanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
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