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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
daudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
gili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
verb critical of others
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
malemalemo
adjective
malianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
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midomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarknengenenge
noganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
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