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aoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbasa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdaumaha hagatoo donu
noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)
bookmarkde ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalavalava
the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
huaamee daahaa
ilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
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moomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksinsia
sisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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