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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaahaa
daahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
ivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklaulau
legalega
noun smallness
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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