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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
boobosu
adjective
bubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
haangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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