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aloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
bulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdaahaa
daaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
laalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklala
verb to roast
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
lima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
miili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksinsia
sisi
verb write
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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