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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
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dugidugi tugi lau
duu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
lili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
maholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksinsia
soesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
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