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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
banuunu
beabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdudu de niho
a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
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hagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadaladala de leo
a clear and high-pitched singing voice
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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