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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
dee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
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lodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
manu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
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moa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
nengenenge
ngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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