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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbasa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
deai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdee haihai donu
that’s for sure
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
hadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
iviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
ouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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