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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
haau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
kano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
maomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
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