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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
hadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
mailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
uaua
crave (for food)
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