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adaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
aneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdee haihai donu
that’s for sure
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamomo
verb reduce in quantity
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
maholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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