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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
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
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
ihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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