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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkabaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
verb critical of others
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhuuhuna
adjective
hide
igauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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