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alohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
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binaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
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mudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
namanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
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