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aheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
daedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
mama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksinsia
sisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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