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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
buubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmainu daodao
malingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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