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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
daasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
huaamee mugamuga
hungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
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magi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
mahaahaa
adjective
manu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
namanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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