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aude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
buubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
gogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
huluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklaagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
luuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmugamuga
verb
the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed
ngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
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
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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