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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
verb critical of others
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
laelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
manu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
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mosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
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