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aoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbanuunu
belabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
giigii saele
giggle
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
luu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
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mogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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