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adu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
augau
verb pus
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
dangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagalagolago
verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagamomo
verb reduce in quantity
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
lili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
mahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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