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anei nei
these now
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhongagelegele
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuuhuna
adjective
hide
kave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
meamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
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