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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
haalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
maadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
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