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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkalaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaahaa
dababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangadanga
adjective
loose (not tight)
dangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
laulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
leuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmugamuga
verb
the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed
muimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksinsia
sisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
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