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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
daadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
huluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
leuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
magi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmainu daodao
malibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
me-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
tama legalega
infant
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
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