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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
basa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
diadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
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duuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
leuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
madagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmainu daodao
maluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
masausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarkngaungau-ulu
noun
saelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
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