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alaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hoohonu
verb
ivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksinsia
sisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
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