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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkalaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
doo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
huaamee daahaa
huluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmainu daodao
malalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
mataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaungau-ulu
noun
ngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksinsia
sisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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