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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
bulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
laalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklili baasi gee
accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
maselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
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