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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
bibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
dee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
donadona
verb covered with dona
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duudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
i de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
laalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
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madolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmadumadua
mahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
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