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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkabasasa
noun European
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
banuunu
belubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
duu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
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
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
henua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
manamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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