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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkabaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
anailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
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)
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
e dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarklaulau
laulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadumadua
malili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
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