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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
anaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkaneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbibi-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.)
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
holiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmodomodo
ngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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