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alaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbasa baubau
verb speak badly of someone
bookmarkbasa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
bulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
hungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
ivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklaulau
lele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
loloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
madolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
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