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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalavalava
noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
mahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
ssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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