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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkaneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
doo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmadumadua
malele
adjective completed
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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