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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
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budubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
duuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
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