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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
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bonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
manaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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