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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkaneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
belubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
dogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
luuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
mainu daodao
malamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksinsia
ssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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