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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklili baasi gee
accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmainu daodao
malaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
moumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarksabiningaa lau
saiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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