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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdagaligiligi
adjective broken into small pieces
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
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
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
lebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmark
lingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
maomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
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