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aloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
doi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamomo
verb reduce in quantity
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklaulau
legalega
noun smallness
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknengenenge
ngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksuisui
become wet
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
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