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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkhungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarktama 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 nnui
noun larger blood vessels
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