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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
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banuunu
bingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdee haihai donu
that’s for sure
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
ginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
onoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksinsia
solasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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