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aloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklodo me muimui
in the bush (uncleared area)
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksinsia
sisi
verb write
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