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abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
malele
adjective completed
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknengenenge
ngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
siiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
suisui
become wet
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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