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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
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bebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
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hagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hiihidi
verb
hungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
laulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
masavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
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
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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