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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun adze with a small blade for light chipping
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhongagelegele
huuhuna
adjective
hide
kano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
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liholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
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