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adu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
milomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
mosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
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