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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
manu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
namanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sinsia
sisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
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