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amoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbanuunu
bulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
haihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
huuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
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magimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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