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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
devedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
verb critical of others
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagamomo
verb reduce in quantity
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklaulau
laulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
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