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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbanuunu
boi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
daulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
hugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
molimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngaungau-ulu
noun
ohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
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