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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkaalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkde ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhooholo
verb
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklala
verb to roast
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
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