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alaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkaugau
verb pus
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
debedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
hungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
maohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
mmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
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