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agoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
goloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhongagelegele
huubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
labodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklodo me muimui
in the bush (uncleared area)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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