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adaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
bale-masevaseva
noun
bebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhongagelegele
huahuaa me
noun
hungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
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