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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaahaa
daahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkde ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
haahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
huuhuli
verb
labodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
lavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
mogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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