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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaahaa
daangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
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duudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
huuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
magalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
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moemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
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