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badabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
bulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
daledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
magulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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