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adaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
anaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
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booboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
dee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
gugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
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momme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
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
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