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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdaahaa
dabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
deehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
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duu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
gogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
huaamee mugamuga
hugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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