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alaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
googoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
isiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaanadu bodobodo
adjective limited in intelligence
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
magakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
magi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmainu daodao
malala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
modimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
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