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aheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
doo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
magi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
mahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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