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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
daladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
limasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksinsia
sissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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