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alualumia
verb
sendaway
angiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
buubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
ssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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