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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
daasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
dodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
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magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
maomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
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