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adaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
daangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
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duu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
googoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
moni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
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