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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
doo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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