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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
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bulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
diidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgalavalava
noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
helelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
isiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
kano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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