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alualumia
verb
sendaway
amoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkde ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdee haihai donu
that’s for sure
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
duu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgai moumou
wasteful of food
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
huluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkhuugaabungubungu
very plump
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
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nengenenge
ngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
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