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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
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bebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkdaahaa
daane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagatoo donu
noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksinsia
tama 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
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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