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adiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbanuunu
belubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkdudu de niho
a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
libolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
magi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
manavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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