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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
daaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
huubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
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limamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
maamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
mudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
tainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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