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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkaboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
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bulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmadumadua
magakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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