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amuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
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basa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
diadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
duaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
huluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
mouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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