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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkalaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
e hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
geugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhuuhuna
adjective
hide
i de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
masimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmark
mulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
tibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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