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aloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
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binaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
doi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmasoasoa
spacious
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
ssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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