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agiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
bani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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