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agiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
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bibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
laalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
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bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
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