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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgalavalava
noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarklabulabu sala
adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
moemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
mosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
sao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
tama legalega
infant
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
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